The bottom line to everything is hearing from God by HIS Spirit.
If we have the Spirit of God then God is the teacher.
But
the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need
not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of
all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you,
ye shall abide in him.
I Jn. 2:27
I Jn. 2:27
The Spirit of God that is in us "whispers" ideas to our minds, showing us what to do and showing us where to focus.
Therefore
we can only "abide in HIM" by hearing the whisperings of the Spirit of
God and living by what we hear from the Spirit of God, making adjustment
to our life as needed.
I
find there are not many who actually have the Spirit of God though they
think they belong to God ... Nor are there many who actually follow the
Spirit of God.