He Worshiped

The Scripture is so succinct in explaining Gideon's reaction to hearing the Midianite warrior interpret the dream of his friend. Gideon realizes that God has given the man a dream and that the dream will come true; through him. One would expect this verse to say, "As soon as Gideon heard he ran back to prepare the men for attack." Instead, as soon as Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation he worshiped. Pretty cool. He praised God for revealing what he was going to do THROUGH THE OTHER SIDE, and he worshiped. Our inclination when we receive a blessing from God is to run off with the blessing. The lesson for us here is to worship BEFORE we take advantage of the blessing.

Worship Might Cost You Something

Reading through Matthew in my devotions and I came across Matt 2.11. The wise men saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. A couple of thoughts here. First, the wise men had come a long and difficult way. They could have used any number of excuses why they should not come to find Christ. "It's too far." "It's too dangerous." "I'm too old." They were willing to travel, to risk being put upon by thieves, to come and worship Messiah.
Second, when they had the opportunity, they worshiped!

Worship might (and often does) cost us something. No barrier was too great for these wise men to come and worship Messiah. No barrier should be too great for us. Also, we need to heed these traveler's examples, when we have the opportunity to worship, we should (must!) worship.