The Divine Downsizing: Every Dog Will Have Its Day
There’s a divine downsizing happening. What we’re seeing in our nation and in the Church is not chaos — it’s clarity. God is reducing, refining, and revealing. Just like Gideon’s army in Judges 8, the Lord is thinning the ranks, cutting away the fearful, the prideful, and the self-promoting, so that only those who are anchored in faith, humility, and obedience will remain. This is not punishment — it’s purification.
Gideon started with thirty-two thousand soldiers, but God said, “That’s too many.” He was about to show the world that victory doesn’t come by numbers but by purity of heart. God reduced Gideon’s army to just three hundred men — men who were faint, yet still pursuing. They weren’t the strongest or the most skilled, but they were the ones who refused to quit. They were small in number but mighty in faith. Judges 7:5 (NKJV)
So he brought the people down to the water. And the Lord said to Gideon, “Everyone who laps from the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall set apart by himself; likewise everyone who gets down on his knees to drink.” They were men that were willing to lap up the water like a dog.
That’s the generation God is raising right now — the Gideon Generation. Those who’ve been humiliated, misunderstood, and overlooked. Those who’ve fought private battles that nobody knows about but refused to walk away from God. You’ve been refined by rejection and tested through tears, and you didn’t even realize that the downsizing around you was actually God’s protection.
In this hour, God is separating the fearful from the faithful, the gifted from the obedient, and the proud from the pure. Many in leadership are being exposed because He’s removing what’s been built on ego, manipulation, and performance. God is dividing the stage from the altar. He’s calling for a remnant that has been purified through pain.
I recently heard Apostle Matthew Stevenson III say something that shook me to my core:
“Every dog will have its day.”
He referenced the woman in Matthew 15, the Canaanite woman who came to Jesus crying out for her daughter’s deliverance. Jesus ignored her at first, then said, “It’s not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.” That could’ve broken her faith — but instead, she said, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”
Her humility unlocked her miracle. She didn’t deny being called a dog — she just knew that even the crumbs carried enough power to deliver her daughter. That’s the kind of faith that moves heaven.
Some of us have been living like that woman — sitting near the table but surviving off crumbs. We’ve settled for “just enough” because we’ve been told we don’t belong at the table. But Jesus didn’t ignore her faith even when He ignored her cry. Faith still works, even when it feels like God is silent.
I’ve been there — praying when it seemed like God wasn’t listening, believing when nothing was changing. But like that woman, I refused to let go. And I’ve learned that God honors faith, even when you feel like the “dog” in the story.
God is calling us higher. He’s shifting us from the crumbs to the table. The divine downsizing is not about who’s losing position — it’s about who’s ready for purity of purpose. He’s not promoting talent right now; He’s promoting trust. The ones who stayed faithful when it didn’t make sense are about to see God do more with less.
You may feel like one of the few left standing — faint, but still pursuing. But hear me: God is about to breathe fresh strength into the humble. He’s clothing the humiliated with honor. Every “dog” who refused to quit will have their day.
So don’t despise the downsizing — it’s divine. Don’t mourn what’s been removed. God is doing more with less, and He’s about to prove that the crumbs were just the beginning. He’s setting the table again, and this time, the ones who were overlooked will be the ones who overflow.
Every dog will have its day. Stay humble. Stay hungry. Stay faithful.