Quiet Rumblings

Whenever you take a stand for God that is higher than ever before and that will require more of you than ever to get to the next level in your journey of answering God's call, you're guaranteed more opposition from Satan. I think this is known by most people who have striven for more. But I want to focus on another aspect. The opposite of the opposition from the enemy, it comes from the Holy Spirit during the same period of time. You're praying more, reading more, growing more. But the Holy Spirit is quietly calling you to further change, usually in part based on your reaching to God for more. It starts with a vision, a personal vision that is sometimes so faint or so inconceivable that it is easy to dismiss as something else entirely. Perhaps as a fantasy or a tangent of whimsical thoughts.
For God to increase your capacity for Him and His ways, you must decrease in ways that are contrary to Him. God will desperately want you to be ready to handle more, He celebrates that. But He won't give you more than you're ready for, especially in areas of advancement. I'm reading a book right now (Becoming a Pioneer of Success by Tracey Armstrong) that talks about how you can't expect to move on to bigger and better things in God when you allow areas of compromise into your walk. His book goes into that in depth, and is worth mentioning here as there is a connection between what he is talking about and the quiet rumblings of the Holy Spirit. You should first put an end to those things that stick out plainly to you. We know that God gives wisdom out in spades when you're working towards His cause, so it really isn't difficult to do.
After that process, and sometimes during, those rumblings of the Spirit within your soul start to whisper more and more. That's really just God pre-approving you for promotion in Him, since you are capable of all He asks of you. When God gets excited for what's next for you, He starts presenting more and more ways for you to achieve more and more of His destiny for your life. This is evident in those quiet prods from the Holy Spirit. As a parent, I know a unique level of joy in wanting great things for my son. You're simply seeing and feeling God's heightened version of that joy. Isn't that spectacular to know?! It's worth getting excited about for sure. How great a thing it really is that God gets STOKED at the possibility of your personal growth!
How much do you help something happen when you have a passion for it? That's nothing in comparison to how much God will help great things happen in your walk when you allow Him to take action by grabbing on to what the Spirit is trying to show you. I'm not at all talking about tangible things that you can touch. I'm talking about God unlocking your destiny for you as an individual being. Is there really anything more important than locking in to God? Close your eyes and grab His hand and run with Him. Your own views will just get in the way of what I'm talking about anyway. The Lord is faithful to complete the work He begins in you!