At first, he didn’t even want to go.  Then, he made excuses.  He certainly didn’t feel qualified.  When he consented, he had the rug pulled out from under him and found himself seriously short-staffed (to use a term you hear a lot right now).  Gideon faced an enemy numbering at least 120,000 soldiers, and he had just 300 under his command.  Read the story in Judges 6-7.  But then God stepped in and set the enemy army to flight, giving Gideon a victory literally overnight.  However, there was still work to be done, so Gideon and his men set out after them.  And after facing incredible odds and spending a sleepless night carrying out his plan, he started hearing sharp criticism from some of his own people.  Gideon was tired, dog tired.  Physically and more than likely emotionally as well.  It had been a long, draining couple of days.  Then the Scripture makes an interesting statement in Judges 8:4.  “And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.”  Gideon and his men wanted to see it through.  They wanted complete victory.  They sought to finish.  Did they feel like it?  No.  Did they do it anyway?  Yes.  Faithful service to the Lord is often tiring, draining work.  Don’t get me wrong; it’s definitely worth it, but that doesn’t change the fact of the weariness often faced.  How will we handle that?  The writer of Hebrews tells us how.  “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.  For consider Him that endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.”  Keep your focus on the Savior; remember why and for Whom you’re living and battle on like Gideon.  “Faint, yet pursuing”!