How does Gideon’s reaction to the Lord's reassurance reveal a further downgrade in the quality of the judges?
The previous judges, Othniel, Ehud, and Shamgar, obeyed the Lord’s call without question. Barak was the first to place a stipulation on going—that Deborah would go with him. Gideon was an even more reluctant judge, not content with the assurance that the Lord himself would go with him. Gideon does not realize that in the Lord’s work, it does not matter what one’s social position is. For if God is with you, that is all you really need.
15 Gédéon lui dit: Ah! mon seigneur, avec quoi délivrerai-je Israël? Voici, ma famille est la plus pauvre en Manassé, et je suis le plus petit dans la maison de mon père.