Why Has All This Happened to Us?

[366 words] The history of Gideon is fascinating. There is a reason why his story is so commonly shared with young people at Vacation Bible School, etc. But before he was smashing jars and blowing trumpets (Judges 7:19-21), he was wrestling with difficult questions.  And Gideon said to him, “Please, sir, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where a re all his wonderful deeds that our fathers recounted to us, saying, ‘Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and given us into the hand of Midian.” (Judges 6:13)  Gideon knew what it was to feel as though he had been abandoned. He knew what it was to be confused. He knew what it was to be hurt and fearful.  What message does Gideon have for us when we have similar questions? What…