Praying a fleece

Have you ever prayed a Fleece?   I had a spiritual decision to make recently.  I found the  answer I was looking for.  My bible reading  during this time turned to The Story of Gideon in Judges 6. Israel was in bondage to the Midianites because they did "evil in the sight of the Lord". (Judged 6:1).  Then they cried out to the lord.  The Lord came to Gideon and told him what he was going to do. Gideon asked him for a sign. I love the humanity of this.  Its as if Gideon was saying I hear you, but I need some proof...   So then the Angel of the Lord made fire come out of a rock.  (proof).   Gideon then says OK God if your going to save my people I need some more proof.  He put out a fleece and asked God to show him.  One day the fleece was wet and the ground was dry and the next day the fleece was dry and the ground was wet.  Afterwards The Lord took 300 of the faithful and defeated the 135,000 Midianite troops.  I especially liked the part where the enemy starting fighting among themselves.

So for me praying a fleece can be confusing, I don't really understand it. Figuring out the specific will of God is not an easy thing.  God was silent between the OT and NT for 400 years.  God knows how to be quiet. yet we want our answer now.  Trusting God will answer his word of "ask and you shall receive" (Mat 7:7) for me is about being risky in The Holy Spirit.  Sometimes that answer will be totally unexpected. Sometime you will not get an answer, then 5 years later you realized you had your answer.  On Sunday when Ernie talked about us not being risky in the Holy spirit, I agreed.   The hardest part about walking on water is getting out of the boat.     God our Father wants to help us, sometimes we just have to ask.