Genesis Chapter 46

2 And God spoke to Israel in a vision at night and said, Jacob! Jacob! Here I am, he replied.
    3 I am God, the God of your father, he said. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.
    4 I will go down to Egypt with you, and I will surely bring you back again. And Joseph's own hand will close your eyes.

God appears to Jacob in a vision and tells him that it is all right to go to Egypt, that He will be with Jacob and his family, and that Jacob will see his son, Joseph, again.

Sometimes, it is hard to know what to do when faced with choices, whether to do A, or B, or C. And yes, we may pray about it, ask God for guidance, but we don't all get the visions, the pictures. Life would be so much easier if we did, to be honest. If every time we needed to make an important decision, we had vision. But knowing the will of God is something that I think comes over time, that gradually develops as we deepen our walk with God. After all, if we are regularly spending time with Him, in prayer, bible study and just talking to Him, then we will get to know Him. And when we know God, He will talk to us about what He would have us do.

It may be a nudge, a reminder about something that keeps popping into our mind, it may be something someone has said to us, or something we have read in the bible or heard in a sermon, but sooner or later we will hear from God. It may not be in a full colour vision with stereophonic sound accompanied by thunder and lightening, it may well be in the still of the night, in the words of advice from a friend, a bible verse that we keep getting pointed to. It can be in any of umpteen different ways, but we need to have patience and wait on God. To trust in Him no matter what we are gong through, and just keep our heart, our eyes and our ears ever listening, looking and watching out for God.