Again, God seeks His glory in our lives, and He is glorified in us only when we obey his will. It follows that, as a means to his own end, he must be ready to teach us His way, so that we may walk in it. Confidence in God’s readiness to teach those who desire to obey underlies all Psalm 119. In Psalms 23:3, David proclaims the reality of God giving guidance for His own glory – “he guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.”
So we might go on, but the point is sufficiently established. It is impossible to doubt that guidance is a reality intended for, and promised to, every child of God. Christians who miss it thereby show only that they did not seek it as they should. It is right, therefore, to be concerned about ones own receptiveness to guidance, and to study how we seek it.
– J. I. Packer, Knowing God, copyright 1973, page 233