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.

response from PC>

• that is a tough situation. Do you think that it is possible that God has called you to be there for a season. You are mature enough in your faith to eat the meat and spit out the bones. While it is best to align with those who believe most like us, the fact is your positions agree on much more than they disagree. I would encourage you to consider staying there for 3 more months, and if it continues to become a stumbling block then consider a change, but if you are growing, then it is possible that God would want to lead you to stay there for a season.

  It could be like a child getting older, you have to tell a child what they can and cannot eat when they are young, but then there is a time when they can make choices as to what they put in their mouth.

  I am not saying God wants you to stay, I am just saying, that He may not want you to leave just because you don't agree on the definition of Sovereignty.

Thoughts today 

After talking to a mentor he encouraged me to stay for a season. And reminded me that I could eat the meat and spit out the bones. Then today the spirit impressed on me in a vision. in the last 2 years I could not breathe. I was out of breath. I could not take risks and walk in the spirit. I could barely breathe in and out. This begun when I lost my job, my house, my dignity, I lost my wife, my direction also. I lost a lot, and I could not, do. So the holy spirit was carrying me in my valley. I didn't die. I didn't run into a cave and not return, unknowingly I let him carry me. The vision today was that it is time to walk. My heart has been healed and I can breathe deep today. I don't feel like I am choking to death anymore. I have lots of room for improvement But the Lord and I are walking more daily. The road out of the valley is beginning. And it feels Good as heck to be able to get some Breath in this dry body. Dennis on day we will meet again when the time is right. Keep up the good fight. Thank you for your encouragement. Press on my brother.