The LORD said to Gideon,

How times, especially in the old testaments, do we read accounts that the Lord spoke directly and openly. In this chapter of Judges we see four places where the Lord speaks to Gideon and clearly directs his actions and shapes his army to do his will in a way that will leave no doubt who delivered victory to them.

Today, can we hear God's voice with our own ears; see God's work with our own eyes?

I think that if we look and listen closely and carefully, we can hear his voice and see his hand in everything around us. Run your hand over the carefully shaped molding surrounding one of the windows inside the church. It was placed there by a skilled woodworking artisan long ago who worked at the direction and will of people driven to build a temple to honor and worship God. God spoke to them in their time and directed their actions to hire that artisan to make a place where his people could gather and glorify his name. It was not recorded that God spoke to the people who built the church on the rock in Quincy, Massachusetts but if you allow yourself to see his hand, you will hear his voice.