The Israelites never seem to learn. Once again, in chapter 6 of the book of Judges, they find themselves under the rule of another people, the Midianites this time. Because they're afraid of them, the Israelites have hid themselves in caves while the Midianites take all of their livestock and decimate their land.
Then, the people of Israel, after seven years of terrible rule, cry out to the Lord for help.
The Lord answered their prayers. Through a man named Gideon. Gideon, by his own account, was the most unimportant man in the weakest tribe of all Israel. Yet the Lord chose him.
Gideon had a problem though. He needed to be constantly convinced that what the Lord was telling him was the truth. He had a difficult time believing. After gathering all of the Israelites together, Gideon asked God to give him a sign, that what he was doing was correct. He laid out a piece of wool and said that if in the morning there's dew on the ground and not on the wool, he'd believe. The next morning, it happened. To double convince himself, he asked God to do just the opposite.
God did so.
Gideon was ready to take the Israelites into battle against the Midianites.
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