This is what I found when I read the story.

• The Midianites acted like school bullies. They stole the crops of the Jewish farmers.
  
  
• Gideon was hiding from the Midianites, so he was surprised to hear an angel call him a "mighty man of valor."
  
  
• Gideon wasn't so sure that God really wanted him, so he tested God.
  
  
  • He first asked God to make the sheepskin wet and the ground dry around it. God did just that. Gideon was able to wring water out of the sheepskin.
    
    
  • Gideon then asked God if He'd reverse the process, keeping the sheepskin dry but making everything else wet. God did just as Gideon asked.
    
    
• Gideon recruited 32,000 men for his army.
  
  
• God told him that he needed a smaller army.
  
  
  • Gideon allowed all those afraid to fight to go back home.
    
    
  • He took the 10,000 remaining men to the water to drink.
    
    
  • 9700 got on their knees and lapped from the water.
    
    
  • 300 men cupped the water in their hands and drank.
    
    
• Those 300 men were selected for duty.
  
  
• Gideon gave each man these important supplies:
  
  
  • Trumpet
    
    
  • Torch  
    
    
  • Pitcher  
    
    
• Gideon's army went to the Midianites' camp at night.
  
  
• When Gideon gave the signal, the men broke the pitchers which exposed their torches, and they blew their trumpets.
  
  
• The Midianites ran in every direction.

So what do we learn from Gideon's experience?

• Don't be afraid to trust God.
  
  
• You must be alert.
  
  
• You don't need big numbers to win big battles.
  
  
• Just obey God's direction.

Yes, he was.