Rubber bands are always very helpful in so many ways. When not in use, rubber bands look weak and lack a solid body. However, when they are “stretched,” they suddenly reveal their strength. They hold things together, and become a “third hand” for those that need their help. They reveal their strength under pressure. In the same way, when God stretches us, it reveals our true strength. God put pressure on Gideon even though he didn’t believe in himself. When Gideon was “stretched,” He accomplished great things. Pressure releases our true power and abilities. The boot camp sergeant knows that, so they will push new soldiers to their breaking point. It is there where the new soldiers realize that they can actually accomplish much more that they had ever realized. It is there that they realize that they are stronger than they ever realized. This year, God is stretching us beyond our comfort zones because there is something that He had already deposited in us that needs to be released in this day. However, it will not be released until we are “stretched.” Are you ready to be stretched? This is your season to be activated and to become that blessing that God created you to be!
Judges 6: 14-16 “Then the Lord turned to him and said, “Go in this might of yours, and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites. Have I not sent you?” So he said to Him, “O [d]my Lord, how can I save Israel? Indeed my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.” And the Lord said to him, “Surely I will be with you, and you shall defeat the Midianites as one man.”
