Post by Woody Williams on Apr 3, 2008 7:48:42 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- Judges 6:36-40
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Then Gideon said to God, ‘In order to see whether you will deliver
Israel by my hand, as you have said, I am going to lay 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 deliver
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, ‘Do
not let your anger burn against me, let me speak one more time; let
me, please, make trial with the fleece just once more; let it be dry
only on the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew.’ And God
did so that night. It was dry on the fleece only, and on all the
ground there was dew.
Devotional
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God does give signs of his desire to lead us and use us for his
kingdom's purposes. Gideon could not bring himself to act on God's
call. He asked for a sign and he received it. He did do the Lord's
bidding and won a victory. The empty tomb of Jesus is also a sign as
well as the witness of the Apostles. Stop, look and listen for God's
movement in your life.
Prayer
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Holy Spirit, call me to be more discerning of God's voice and action.
Amen
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Then Gideon said to God, ‘In order to see whether you will deliver
Israel by my hand, as you have said, I am going to lay 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 deliver
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, ‘Do
not let your anger burn against me, let me speak one more time; let
me, please, make trial with the fleece just once more; let it be dry
only on the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew.’ And God
did so that night. It was dry on the fleece only, and on all the
ground there was dew.
Devotional
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God does give signs of his desire to lead us and use us for his
kingdom's purposes. Gideon could not bring himself to act on God's
call. He asked for a sign and he received it. He did do the Lord's
bidding and won a victory. The empty tomb of Jesus is also a sign as
well as the witness of the Apostles. Stop, look and listen for God's
movement in your life.
Prayer
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Holy Spirit, call me to be more discerning of God's voice and action.
Amen