
This sermon explores Yahweh Shalom, “The Lord Is Peace,” through Gideon’s story. God meets Gideon in fear and weakness, not after he becomes strong, and teaches him that peace comes from God’s presence. When we bring our weakness to God, shame, fear, and guilt begin to lose their power.

God sees us in our pain and suffering. God’s reasons may not make sense to us, but His presence is with us. His presence is meant to be our comfort, not the answers for why things happen the way that they do.

God as creator means that he bring our lives from chaos to order, from brokenness to wholeness and from wilderness to promise land. God is for you. God’s desire is to bring you into flourishing and to give you all that your hearts could desire. God is for your pleasure.

This is about worship God as Lord and Master, about surrendering all that we are to Him. This is about letting go of our false idols and things that we cling to that are not good for our souls.