Trust He Will Speak

January 9

Sometimes our consternation is great because we are torn by our circumstances and by the options we see before us for righting them. It is not always clear which direction we should proceed when we are at a crossroads. At those times, when our map seems indistinct and our direction is not clear, the Lord may allow us to "put a fleece" before Him and to use it to reveal His will to us.

This is a Biblical option. Just as Gideon put a fleece before the Lord to see if he should presume to lead the forces of God against their enemy, so we at times can employ this method to ascertain God’s will for our next course of action. In Gideon’s case he posed to the Lord that if, when he awoke, the fleece were wet and the ground was dry it would mean that he, the least of his father’s family, should presume to lead the army of God.

When Gideon awoke and the fleece was wet and the ground was dry he was still unsure so to PROVE he didn't have the wind whistling through his head, he told the Lord he wanted the reverse the next night--dry fleece, wet ground. Again, the Lord complied. (See Judges 6:36-40). Perhaps it’s time that we place a fleece before our God. We think we’ve heard His voice, we think we understand the direction He is leading us, but we are unsure.

We love the Lord our God and our fervent desire is to please Him in all we think and feel and do, but the course before us is unclear. It is not wrong at such times to place a fleece before God. Before we do, however, we must pray for His affirmation that such an action on our part is acceptable to Him. Only Jesus can give us the insight as to how to proceed. Only He can affirm that the fleece set before Him will reflect His perfect will.

We must seek Him in all matters that concern us, trusting He will speak.