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| Reluctant heroes needed (2) |
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| ‘… why has all this happened to us?’ Judges 6: 13 |
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As we face the insurmountable odds of modern medicine, we
can learn much from Gideon’s story. First, he saw the spiritual
root of the problem. He told the visiting angel, ‘The Lord has
abandoned us and put us into the hand of Midian.’ (Judges 6:
13) He could have complained that he didn’t have enough
warriors, their weapons were inferior or they needed camels to
ride (or, as we might say, there was a shortage of staff,
equipment and ambulances). These facts were not the cause of
the pathology; they were mere symptoms of the disease. The
root of the pathology in our own lives and profession is not
outside circumstances, lack of power or adequate finances.
The core issue is most often sin; and sin requires spiritual
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Having recognised the spiritual root of the problem, Gideon
next understood his own inadequacy for dealing with it. He
told the angel, ‘My clan is the weakest … and I am the least in
my family.’ (Judges 6: 15) As doctors, our greatest assets – our
talents and intelligence – are also our greatest liabilities. We
often think, ‘If I just work harder, smarter and longer I can
conquer this problem!’ God says, ‘You are weak, but I am
strong.’ |
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‘God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise;
God chose weak things of the world to shame the strong. He
chose the lowly things of the world and the despised things –
and the things that are not – to nullify the things that are, so
that no-one may boast before him.’ (1 Corinthians 1: 27–29) |
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Like Paul, we must accept that concept before we can tap into
God’s power.
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Read: 1 Corinthians 1: 18–2: 5. |
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