nature—through wind and fire, and even through a burning
bush to His servant Moses (Exodus 3). In the dramatic account
of the exodus of the Jews from Egypt, God used nature over
and over to speak to both the Egyptians and the Israelites
(Exodus 4–11). The sequence of catastrophic natural disasters
that included plagues of boils, locusts, hail, and death were
some of the most remarkable feats of nature ever recorded in
history.
From cover to cover, the Bible describes one amazing written
record after another of how God talks to men and women
through unusual circumstances.
One such anomaly is the account of Gideon, who had very
audacious conversations with God. When God asked Gideon
to “save Israel out of Midian’s hand” (Judges 6:14), Gideon
balked. A bit fearful, and uncertain he had heard God correctly,
Gideon asked God for a sign to confirm His orders. He left out a
wool fleece overnight and asked God to leave dew on it but not
on the ground around it. God did as he asked. Then, just to be
certain, Gideon asked God to do the opposite. The next
morning the fleece was dry but the ground was covered with
dew. Not once but twice Gideon asked God for confirmation of
his orders and twice God responded using a wool fleece. More
unusual situations unfolded in Judges 6–8. Read them, and
you’ll be amazed at the way God talked to Gideon through
unusual circumstances!
This and many, many more accounts of God talking through
dreams and visions, acts of nature, and unusual circumstances
are recorded in the Bible for every generation to read.
Having been a believer since 1976, I am convinced that God
talks through the use of all of these methods today to