Word for the Week

"You are not up to the job"

Week beginning: 22nd October, 2023 | By Felipe Carvalho | LCF Director of Students and Young Lawyers

Gideon and his three hundred men, exhausted yet keeping up the pursuit, came to the Jordan and crossed it. He said to the men of Sukkoth, "Give my troops some bread; they are worn out, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian." But the officials of Sukkoth said, "Do you already have the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna in your possession? Why should we give bread to your troops?" Then Gideon replied, "Just for that, when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will tear your flesh with desert thorns and briers."

Judges 8.4-7 (NIV)

During the Forum conference this summer, we looked at Gideon's story (Judges 6-8). After an innovative army recruiting procedure, God miraculously delivered Israel from the Midianites in Judges 7. The following chapter describes the events that follo