Jenn Hudson Ministries

Inside scoop here: when I’m quiet it usually means I’m not totally present, and I’m pondering some deeper thing. When I’m laughing and being my crazy, expressive and goofy, Jenn-self, it means I’m pretty much happy and well.

Lately, I’ve been much more quiet, even in my prayers. I know that I’m not fooling God with my half-hearted attempts over what we are facing in our world, our local community, our family, with so many things, it has just felt like a reach for the impossible.

However, I pressed in with this prayer…

“Dear Lord, I know there’s nothing that I can do about all of the problems in my nation, and the amount of sin is disgustingly huge. I can’t do anything about that, only you can. So I don’t know how to repent for all the abortions, and the mass murder of both unborn and now born children, how your heart must grieve! I’m grieving for them today with you, Jesus. I don’t now how to help change all of the chaos and confusion, only you do. I don’t know how to get our nation to repent, but you do! And all I can do is trust you.”

Then, the Lord pointed out something I had forgotten, “If MY people, who are called by my name….” God didn’t ask for the WHOLE nation to repent, he only asked for his people, and not even “all of His people,” specifically those who are called by his name. I definitely want to be one of the latter. As I told my friend recently, I truly want to be called by His name, a Jesus Christ, Jr.!

The Lord led me to see the story of Gideon’s army (Judges 7), where 30k soldiers were enlisted to fight a nasty enemy. This enemy army was one of the worst, you guys. They destroyed everything in their path, their name literally means, “the Army of Strife.”

The Lord basically told Gideon to send home about 66% of his army, because they were the ones who were afraid of the battle. It was too much for them and the Lord told Gideon to tell them, “Okay, y’all can go on home.”

(I’m pretty certain the Lord said “y’all.”)

Next, the most pivotal Warrior Test of all time came to the remaining soldiers…

A water-drinking contest!

You probably know this story. Those who knelt down politely and cupped the water to drink with their hand, he said, “Those are your warriors.”

The ones that bowed low, got their knees muddy and dunked their whole face in the water, and “lapped it up,” drinking it — God told those to go home.

But the other rare few, the 300 who knelt down, cupped their hand in the water, and drank it, were the ones who stayed. I’ve heard before that the ones who remained were the ones who never looked down, they never took their eyes off of their surroundings. They were ready warriors, not even stopping to take a deep drink without keeping their eyes on the horizon, always anticipating the looming threat of the enemy.

And get this, only THREE HUNDRED WARRIORS were remaining for the fight against the nastiest army called “STRIFE.”

As I pray, I am declaring this:

“God let me be one of your cup-bearing warriors, one of the Gideon few, I want to be one of the remnants. I want to go all in. I want to stand on the hilltop and watch your Angel Army destroy the hoards of demons in the valley below. I’ll stand proudly on that hill, with that amazing view. I’m ready.”

Oh!!! And, here’s the funny thing.

Those few who were ready to fight, the mighty warriors, didn’t have to do anything except shout praise and make some noise!! They just stood and watched as the enemy imploded on themselves.

I know there is an army of warriors ready to rise up with me. We may be few, but we are mighty.

Let’s go!