In the excellent movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indiana must overcome three challenges or booby traps to get to the holy grail. The second challenge features a room of paved stones with letters engraved on them. Some of the stones are supported, while others have no support and give way to reveal an empty chasm beneath. Indiana must choose the right stones to walk across the room.
Sometimes, discerning the will of God can feel like this room of paved stones. We must choose the right steps for discerning God's will, or we can step confidently only to find ourselves dangling precariously before some peril. Ok, stretching the analogy a bit for dramatic effect. But seriously, how can we know which steps or which methods are trustworthy and which are untrustworthy for discerning the will of God?