So you read and study and search and pray. Then you ask God to lead you. When we were feeling led in certain specific anythings, it wasn’t through an audible voice. It was through promptings in our spirits, a burning in your gut when you know something is real. It burns, but it is also subtle and gently, mysteriously quiet. Sometimes it makes itself clear quickly and sometimes it involves months of processing and wrestling with God till we know for sure. But he does still speak because he has things for us here—things we cannot accomplish unless we hear from him.
