Does GOD need to give us SIGNS? (Part 1)

"God, if you are there, give me some kind of sign."

Peter Pevensie:  You're lucky you know.
Lucy Pevensie:  What do you mean?
Peter Pevensie:  You've seen him. I wish he'd just given me some sort of proof.
Lucy Pevensie:  Maybe we're the ones that need to prove ourselves to him.
From "Prince Caspian," Lucy and Peter speaking of Aslan

A sign.
From God.
IF He's there.
IF.

Why a "sign?"

Because of the assumption of the cryptic distance between the spiritual and physical, between the temporal and eternal, between heaven and earth.

Signs.

But did God speak to Adam and Eve in sign language?
Cain?
Noah and his sons?
Abraham and his sons?
Moses and the entire nation of Israel?
Joshua?
The judges?
Samson?
David and Solomon?
The prophets?
The 12 Apostles, the 70 Apostles, the 120 Apostles, the 500 at once?
To Saul, who became Paul, the Apostle to the Gentiles?

Whenever God spoke in the examples above, it was plain enough.
True, He spoke primarily through prophets, dreams, and visions, as it says in the book of Hebrews, and as He Himself said to Moses' sister and brother when they challenged Moses' divine authority.  But even through prophets, dreams, and visions there was given and interpretation for signs and symbols.  Interpretations were the assumption of divinely given signs and visions.

So God is not distant.  As it is written, "He is not far from each of us," and "The LORD is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth."

He also does not have a divine speech impediment.  By His words all of creation came into being.  Jesus is The Word who was with God and the Word who was and is God. 

God speaks.
God speaks clearly.
The issue is whether WE WANT to hear Him.