Go in this might of yours

Judges 6:12-14, 'the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, “The Lord is with you, O mighty man of valor.” 13 And Gideon said to him, “Please, sir, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are 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.” 14 And the Lord turned to him and said, “Go in this might of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian; do not I send you?”'

 I love reading about Gideon, each time I consider him, I am amazed at him and God. This time I have noticed the angel's response to Gideon, "Go in this might of yours".
What might?!

How has Gideon displayed might? Well, it is clear already from this snippet of conversation that Gideon knows of God. He knows the history of his country, and the works of God. Gideon establishes that he knows their is a God, and he knows that God is in control. Even if he doesn't understand why all this oppression is going on. The might that Gideon displays is a strength of faith. He also clearly has great discontent with the situation he, his family, and the nation is in right now. Gideon is frustrated with living like this, he doesn't understand why God seems to do nothing, but he still firmly believes in the God of Israel. 

 Do you have that? When you are oppressed, squashed down, have to scrimp and scrounge to feed your family. When there's no work or the place you live sucks, do you still know God is in control? Do you have that unshakeable faith that thinks, "do you know what this sucks? But God is real, he's worked in the past, I don't know what he's doing now, but it doesn't make him any less real?"
This, I believe is the might that the angel sees in Gideon.

Gideon's response is quite revealing. It displays his understanding, his discomfort and agitation with the present situation, and a disquiet in his soul that God could do something about it.
He clearly wants things to change, and the angel he meets tells Gideon to do something about it. That's a huge command.

Gideon has been hiding out, and he's called to go in the might he has. He has to step out in order for change to happen. He has to 'go'.  I'm not surprised that Gideon asked for a load of signs to make sure he was hearing God correctly. He's grown up for the past seven years hiding away from the enemy and scrimping what he can to help feed his family. Now, he's told he's strong and mighty and brave, and he needs to go and change things for his country! 

 God knows what He is doing. When he calls us out, He knows our strengths and weaknesses, he knows who we are meant to be and what we are meant to fight for. He knows our might. What is he calling you to go and do, 'in this might of yours?'