In the first test, Gideon put a wool fleece on the ground and asked God to miraculously cause dew to only collect on the garment but not on the floor. The next morning, he found what he had requested.

Gideon then asked God to give him a physical sign of reassurance saying, “If you will save Israel by my hand as you have promised -- look, I will place a wool fleece on the threshing floor.

Given an unusual amount of space in the Bible, the sixth through the eighth chapters of the Book of Judges, Gideon’s story is one of initial skepticism and eventually powerful faith, ministers ...