Gideon tore down his father’s altar and cut down his grove to build an altar and burn sacrifices to the Lord. Abraham left his father and his father gods— and created a nation. Gideon tore down his father’s idols to save that nation. In that same way we are told to mortify our flesh—we are not told that God will. Are. you willing to tear down your family’s altar and replace it with God’s? God said, ‘Gideon.’ What’s God telling you? You can change the altar. You can make a difference.
