Friday, February 20, 2009
Judges 6:36-40
Then Gideon said to God, “If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said, behold, I am laying a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew on the fleece alone, and it is dry on all the ground, then I shall know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said.” And it was so. When he rose early next morning and squeezed the fleece, he wrung enough dew from the fleece to fill a bowl with water. Then Gideon said to God, “Let not your anger burn against me; let me speak just once more. Please let me test just once more with the fleece. Please let it be dry on the fleece only, and on all the ground let there be dew.” And God did so that night; and it was dry on the fleece only, and on all the ground there was dew. (ESV)
by Leota Stevens
I love this guy, Gideon. He was a real i-dotter and t-crosser! He wanted to make sure that it was God who was calling him to lead the battle against the enemy, and not just a bad batch of Matzo balls from dinner the night before causing him to be delirious. He was fearful, but he wanted to be faithful, if it truly was God calling him to action. I think we tend to be a lot like Gideon, especially when it’s something really difficult that God is asking us to do. Thankfully we have the word of God to search through for guidance in even the most perplexing situations.
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Daily Bible Meditations are taken from The Helping Hand,a Sabbath School student quarterly for youth and adults. Copyright © 2010, Seventh Day Baptist Board of Christian Education, Inc.
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