We like to be in the majority. We like to be in the majority because we can think that this means we are on the right side. This is part of our culture war right now. There is a battle for the majority because the belief is if you have the majority, then you must be right. When you are outnumbered, then it can be really frightening. We also see this in our culture today. It is becoming more frightening to be a Christian because we now for the first time really feel like we are outnumbered. We feel like we belong to a very small minority. Now we always were in a small minority but it wasn’t as obvious as it is now. I think about what happened to Daniel’s three friends. Nebuchadnezzar proclaimed that everyone needed to bow down and worship the statue when the music played. All the people of the nation were considered to have gathered for this moment. Can you imagine what it looked like when the music sounded and thousands of people began to bow down to the ground and worship the statue but there were these three men who remained standing? It is hard to stand against overwhelming odds. But this is where God is going to put a man named Gideon at this moment…

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