Gideon's err!!! Towel???

Looking for answers and hearing from God is kind of a hard subject to tackle. I here so often about people that have heard gods voice or had something in side there head telling then to do or not to do something, and I find this hard to understand.

When we know that god exists, then the Devil must also exist. And knowing the devil can use our minds too, then surely things we hear in our heads can be the voice of God but also the Devil trying to send you the wrong way.

Now I have had things in my head and heard voices that seem to be instructing me too or not do things. Yes off course we all know right from wrong and of course this can be our sub conscience working however how can we be sure what we feel is speaking is actually that.

I've had something on my mind that could be God trying to speak to me but as past experiences have proved It could be totally wrong, so I tend to just ignore it. So how do I know if it's a divine message I should act on or a complete nonsense made up by my own crazy thoughts?

I then remembered Gideon, who put a fleece out one night to get conformation from god. The idea being that if it rained the fleece would stay dry while everything else was wet. The next morning the ground was soaked but the fleece was dry. Then because Gideon still didn't believe he did the same the next night but reversed the outcome. In the morning the fleece was dripping wet and everything else was bone dry.

So here's the thing. I decided I'd try and do the same thing (I don't have a fleece, so used a towel) I came up with the idea that if it worked all those years ago for Gideon the that same God could do it again. Ok to be honest it was maybe a shot in the dark and the answer was "unconclusive" as this morning the ground was we and the towel was fairly dry but not as dry as I'd expected. So I'll try again to see if it will be more obvious.

This is probably the craziest thing you have heard and I know it's probably not way god works but being told by someone else it's a stupid thing to do got me wondering. Surely if the creator of all things the made bushes set alight, parted the sea and make that fleece dry or wet all those years ago, then why would he not do it now.

Today we are all looking for answers to many life questions and some might say that if god is real why can he answer our prayers and questions. Why do some people here from god and some just don't. Maybe sometime we just have to lean to wait and know he makes all things perfect in his time not ours.