All of us can relate to this story. We have things that take hold of our lives that God never intended for us. Maybe it's a sin/addiction that you struggle with, you’ve become apathetic in your personal life in God, not reading the word, spending time with God in prayer, or maybe something that has happened to you that just broke you. It's shattered you, making you feel helpless and small, as though you have no way out or control over your life. Spiritually and emotionally, that's where some of us might be right now. But it was right there in Gideon's lowest, darkest moment–when sin, shame, and fear had overwhelmed him–that God's light tore through that darkness, and God spoke the words that would raise Gideon out of the wine press.