Gideon setting the fleece out was not setting an example of how to find our way, just as Samson was not an example of how to live a Godly life.
The example throughout the Bible is of men & women who have treasured the Word of God in their hearts; picked up this lamp unto their feet and carried it with them in faith and by the Spirit.
Not in some fortune cookie 'i've got a verse for that' kind of way, but in a way by which the Word so transforms their desires & motivations that they live Godly lives and just find themselves walking in the way the Lord leads.
Lay down our fleeces [for good] and pick up The Lamp . . .
(Rant Over)