Gideon and faith

This is a little embarrassing, but until recently, I didn't know what the Gideons group was. I viewed them as somewhere between a protestant denomination and Jehovah's Witness. Well, my grandfather joined the Gideons and I decided that I had better learn a little more.
Gideon's story can be found in the Old Testament in chapters six and seven of the book of Judges. Gideon was a scrawny, unimpressive man whom God selected to save Israel from the army of Midian. Even after an angel appeared to Gideon to deliver this awesome news, Gideon was unsure. He tested God by asking Him for a series of ridiculous signs, all of which God graciously fulfilled. By doing this, his faith in God's promise of victory went from pathetically weak to mediocre at best.
Before Gideon's army of 32,000 men engaged in battle, God told him that he had too many soldiers. He separated 300 men out to enter into battle and sent the rest home. Using a little trickery and excellent military technique, Gideon's men defeated the Midians, who were "as thick as locusts, and whose camels could no more be counted than the sand on the seashore."
Why? Why the diminutive group of men led by a shrimpy man with weak faith to take on a well equipped and fully staffed army? Well, think about it. Now, you tell me, who was responsible for Gideon's victory? Gideon was no four star general, he was no military strategist. It would be impossible for him to best the Midians without some supernatural help. It sort of seems as if God was setting Gideon up to fail, when in fact, He was setting Himself up to receive the glory of the victory. I love the way God uses the most unlikely of people to bring the giants of this world to their knees. If you think God is calling you to do something you think is impossible, listen closely to what God may be saying to you. Even if your faith is weak, He won't turn His back on you. He honors your faith, and He will use you for great things, if you'll just let Him.

By the way - The Gideons International expresses its mission as follows: To win others for the Lord Jesus Christ through association, personal testimony, and placing the Bible-God's Holy Word.