Judges 6

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.”  And God did so that night. It was dry on the fleece only, but there was dew on all the ground. vv.39-40

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How often do you try to be like Gideon?  I always feel like I'm pulling a Gideon asking for a sign or two to know the Lord's decision.  It's funny or more-so interesting that the first sign is more of a miracle than the second sign for fleeces lick up moisture so therefore it would be more of a miracle for the ground to be dry and the fleece wet than vice versa.  How often though the first sign or instinct we have in a decision is usually the deciding factor but we just want continued confirmation, second guessing ourselves or the Holy Spirit.  I'm not saying it's a bad thing to be sure of a decision your seeking God's wisdom on, for many people jump to quickly saying it's God's direction when they never took the time to pray and seek God's answer or let their own fear or desire answer instead.  Now this passage isn't teaching us to ask for signs to get God's answer, remember we today are believers by faith and not by sight (2 Cor. 5:7), we ought to learn from doubting Thomas when he said of the resurrected Jesus that he wouldn't believe unless he saw (John 20).  Yes this is what Gideon did do but doesn't mean it's what he should have done.  God answered him, but that doesn't mean He will answer our test of a specific sign.
How can you seek God's answer on His terms and not on your own?