 And so God called Gideon to be his leader, but Gideon was hiding. Gideon was hiding because his land was in desolation. And so God looks down to where Gideon was and called him, but here's what Gideon said. He said, I am not strong enough. I am the weakest of my family, and my family is the weakest in all of Israel. But God called him a valiant warrior.