God Clearly Reveals His Will

Note from today’s Bible reading: Judges 5-7

Before going out to fight the Midianites, Gideon went to God to determine whether the Lord would be with them. He said to God, “If You will deliver Israel, through me, as You have spoken, behold, I will 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 will know that You will deliver Israel through me, as You have spoken” (Judges 6:36-37).

The next morning, Gideon found the fleece soaked with dew. However, he asked God for confirmation: “Please let me make a test once more with the fleece, let it now be dry only on the fleece, and let there be dew on all the ground” (Judges 6:39). He asked for the opposite of what he had asked before, yet God provided the confirmation Gideon requested.

People today often seek “signs” from God to determine His will for them. Yet what people often interpret as a “sign” is really just an unusual event or an odd coincidence. It could have been argued that the fleece from the first night was just a strange phenomenon, yet when the opposite happened the next night, it was clear that it was a message from God, not a natural occurrence. It is important that we keep this in mind today.

So remember that God clearly reveals His will. We do not need to fret over whether some unusual event is a sign from above directing us to take some action. We simply need to look to His word, find what He has plainly revealed, and then faithfully apply it in our daily lives.