Judges 6:11-12, 14, 16, 23

One day the angel of GOD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, whose son Gideon was threshing wheat in the winepress, out of sight of the Midianites. The angel of GOD appeared to him and said, “GOD is with you, O mighty warrior!”

But GOD faced him directly: “Go in this strength that is yours. Save Israel from Midian. Haven’t I just sent you?”

GOD said to him, “I’ll be with you. Believe me, you’ll defeat Midian as one man.”

But GOD reassured him, “Easy now. Don’t panic. You won’t die.”