Scared. Hungry. Oppressed. Hiding while trying to thresh wheat with a winepress. What a sad and pitiful scene. In the natural, we see a cowardly man, trying to eke out an existence in a dire situation. Later we learn this man, Gideon, sees himself as insignificant. He thought of his clan as weak and himself as the least in his family. Not only did he have self-esteem issues, he doubted...