Gideon

I will be speaking on Gideon on Monday to New recruits. He was a fearful man, but he did what God said.  His name means, "Valien Warrrier, or a feller of trees.  He did both. He was a mighty warrier in that he started by tearing down the alter of Baal and building one to the lord on that Spot, and he cut down like a tree the Asherah ( mother Goddess) and used the wood to burn a sacrafice to the lord.  God was taking back his people and his place