“Are you ready?” I asked the young Pastor. “Are you ready to travel and do the work of God outside the country?” “Yes sir!” – He answered.

Three days after leaving his country and family, he asked to go back.

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The shy. Scared. Indecisive. Complacent. God can’t work with these people.
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32,000 traveled with Gideon and camped near the valley where the Midianites were. But when they arrived, they wanted to go back. “Give me the paper that say’s ‘shy and scared,’ so we can sign on the dotted line and go.”

Simply saying that you believe in God is not actually believing in God. Showing up for the battle doesn’t mean fighting the battle.

God used a simple gesture of body language to separate the brave from the disqualified. Knees to the floor + mouth in the water = go back home. On foot and alert + bringing the water to your mouth = joining Gideon.

Unfair? Insignificant detail? No.

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What you do does not hide who you are. The body doesn’t lie.
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I once read a study which observed how people walk, the firmness and velocity of their step. They found out that successful people on average walk 25% faster than mediocre people.

How could this be?