Good decisions and personal revelation

The title of my blog is "good decisions - one day at a time" for a reason, and I'd like to share one of my good decisions today.

While doing my personal study this morning, I had a random feeling that I needed to do something in the scriptures. I had the distinct impression that God had something to tell me this morning. I didn't know what, but I obeyed. I said a prayer, telling God what I felt and that I didn't know what he wanted me to get but that I would listen and try to understand.

The first thought that came before I even opened up the scriptures was a warning. Stay on the path I am on and do not get complacent because things are going well and I will be increasingly busy over the next few months. At the time I thought this was just me making a guess at what God would say to me. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't... I don't think it matters as much as me following it. Either way, it's good advice and I'm taking it as from God.

Then I opened the scriptures and read a few verses in D&C 75. The verses were about a few things:
1) Don't be idle
2) God forgives me
3) If I am prayerful and faithful, I will "overcome at the last day."
4) I felt God encouraging me to move on from step 10 to step 11 in my recovery.

I am grateful to God for giving me this little status check. My wife and I were just talking about answers to prayers and personal revelation and I felt I hadn't really experienced it in quite a while. This is the first time in a long time where I was led to do something by the Spirit and saw immediate results that it was a good decision and I very directly learned God's will for me.

I wonder what would have happened had I ignored the voice. I was doing a different type of personal study today relating to recovery... I hope I (and all of us) can be diligent to seek God's will for us each day and to have the courage to follow it in all things - not just when we're nearing the cliff. I pray God will trust me to listen again the next time He needs me to know something.

I look forward to learning more about and seeking personal revelation more often as I dive into step 11. I've been actively working the steps for 2.5 years and am almost through them for the time. It's been slow coming, but I wouldn't have it any other way.