Judges 7:1 says, Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.  Gideon and his army rose up early and camped beside the well of Harod, with the Midianite army to their north.  They were getting ready to engage in battle.  Verse two states, And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.  God told Gideon that he had too many people with him.  God said that with that many people that the people of Israel might claim victory for themselves instead of giving God credit for the victory.  As we go into battle against the forces of evil today, we should not look for great numbers to go with us, but we should go under the power of God and for His glory.  Verse three adds, Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.  God told Gideon to tell the people that whoever was afraid should go home, and twenty-two thousand left, with ten thousand remaining.  I have to wonder how those remaining and Gideon felt, and even the Midianites who were likely watching.  We do not need to question God's methods, and the world should never underestimate the power of God.  Verse four declares, And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.  God said the army was still too big and that Gideon was to bring them down by the water and He would further reduce them.  Gideon was to keep those that God said and send the rest home.  If we are not going under the leadership of God, the size of the group does not matter.  Verse five says, So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.  The next reduction was to be based on how the people drank water, and not on some other physical trait like muscle size or athletic ability.  Verse six states, And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.  From thirty-two thousand, Gideon was now down to an army of three hundred.  By now, if Gideon was not questioning God, and I have to believe that he still had faith in Him, the Midianites must have been sensing an easy victory and questioning Gideon's leadership.  The people of the world often underestimate the power of the people of God, looking at physical facts and not the spiritual power of God.  Verse seven declares, And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.  God told Gideon that He was going to deliver Israel with the three hundred and the others could go home.  If God hasn't called us to a particular situation, then we need to just go home and see what He has for us to do elsewhere.  Verse eight states, So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.  Gideon had an army of three hundred armed with trumpets.  Verse nine adds, And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand.  That night, God told Gideon to get down to the host, the army of the Midianites, because God had delivered them into Gideon's hand.  This was stated as an accomplished fact and not a possibility.  If we are following God's guidance, we can be certain of the ultimate victory.  Verse ten continues, But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host:  Gideon was told to take Phurah his servant down to the host, or Midian army.  Verse eleven concludes, And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host.  Gideon and Phurah went to spy on the Midianites.  We must simply follow God's instructions, no matter how overwhelming the task may seem.