"Early in the morning, Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) and all his men camped at the spring of Harod. The Lord said to Gideon, "You have too many men for me to deliver Midian into their hands. In order that Israel may not boast against me that her own strength has saved her, announce now the the people, "Anyone who trembles with fear may turn back and leave Mount Gilead." So twenty-two thousand men left, while ten thousand remained. But the Lord said to Gideon, "There are still too many men. Take them down to the water and I will sift them for you there. If I say, 'This one shall go with you,' he shall go; but if I say, 'This one shall not go with you' he shall not go." So Gideon took the men down to the water. There the Lord told him, "Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from whose who kneel down to drink." Three hundred men lapped with their hands to the their mouths. All the rest got down on their knees to drink. The Lord said to Gideon, "With the three hundred men that lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hands. Let all the other men go, each to his own place." So Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites to their tents but kept the three hundred, who took over the provisions and trumpets of the others."~Judes 7:1-8~ (Italics mine)
If you're fighting a battle in today's world, thirty-two thousands soldiers sounds a lot better than just three hundred. If I were Gideon, I would have been thinking, "Whaaat? But, just to make sure we win this battle, don't we want at least a thousand? I mean, com'n, God, look at all the soldiers they have!"
If thirty-two thousand soldiers fought the battle and won--what would be miraculous about that? The Israelites would probably start bragging about their wonderfulness. All the men would be bragging over feasts saying, "Ha, you saw how I slashed that Midianite's head off? It definitely was a skillful move! Couldn't a won the battle without me, you couldn't!". But God had only three hundred men go with them. Against thousands of Midianites. Not a chance of the Israelites winning solely by man strength with those numbers. That's why God chose those numbers. He wanted the Israelites to see it was Him who won them the battle, Him who worked a miracle, Him who had the power.
Sadly, in today's world, we can get pretty prideful and stuck up on ourselves. If something seemingly too good to be true happens to you, don't thank yourself for it. Thank the One who made you.
