Many people like to reference Gideon when they are wanting confirmation about a decision or direction. Generally, they have difficulty in hearing FATHER’S Voice so they want HIM to send a sign instead and that can be potentially disastrous. In the Book of Judges chapter 6, Gideon sought not only one sign but two:
36 So Gideon said to God, “If You will save Israel by my hand as You have said—
37 look, I shall put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor; if there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then I shall know that You will save Israel by my hand, as You have said.”
38 And it was so. When he rose early the next morning and squeezed the fleece together, he wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowlful of water.
39 Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me, but let me speak just once more: Let me test, I pray, just once more with the fleece; let it now be dry only on the fleece, but on all the ground let there be dew.”
40 And God did so that night. It was dry on the fleece only, but there was dew on all the ground.
Is it more difficult for FATHER to speak to you or provide you two signs? HE has no issue in speaking to you but the problem lies in your hearing HIM and trusting HIS Word. What people fail to consider is that Gideon was an Old Testament example and we now have the Blood of Jesus Christ reconciling us to FATHER. We should pursue hearing and trusting HIM rather than relying on outward signs as a means of communication and confirmation.
We have a New Testament example of trust in outward signs… Thomas. In the Gospel of John chapter 20 we find the account of “doubting” Thomas:
24 Now Thomas, called the Twin, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came.
25 The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord.”
So he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.”
26 And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, “Peace to you!”
27 Then He said to Thomas, “Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing.”
28 And Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”
29 Jesus said to him, “Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
Jesus did not chastise Thomas nor do I chastise those who have sought signs. I too have relied on signs at certain points in my life. It is my desire for you to go beyond trusting in signs and fully aligning yourself with FATHER and as you do, you will be able to hear HIM better. At some point you will trust HIS Voice rather than asking for a sign to guide your path or decision.
What is the risk of trusting in signs? Jesus warns us in Matthew 24:
24 “For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.”
There will be those who have subjected themselves to lying spirits and will rise and show great signs in order to convince us of accepting another path other than the narrow path of The Way, The Truth, and The Life (John 14:6). This is a notable warning of trusting in signs rather than hearing and trusting HIS Voice. The most important investment in time you can make is to focus on hearing HIS Voice and you do that by seeking HIS Face and walking in Divine Unconditional Love, FATHER’S most important characteristic.