Advice often given in these days is "Trust your gut." May I suggest it is not good advice. The "gut" can be trusted to tell you if you are hungry, or if you have eaten too much. It can tell you if you have eaten some bad food. It usually speaks to us with a rumbling sound, or as in the case of eating bad food, a voice that is far worse. Trust your gut on matters pertaining to the digestion process, but when it comes to making choices that require intuitive awareness, trust your spirit.
As the gut is the voice for digestive matters, so is the spirit the voice to be sought when we need to know what is in keeping with the core values which were instilled within us when God put His hand upon us at conception. We were not created without thought. We were not pushed from the womb of our mother to live carelessly, without regard for right and wrong, and unconcerned about caring for those around us. We can trust the spirit within us to push us toward those core values that reflect living that is both responsible and grateful. To live according to the purpose for which we were created not only speaks of responsible living, but it is also an expression of abiding gratitude to the Creator God for bringing us into being.
The Word of God reminds us that our life is best lived when we live according to our purpose. It is best lived when we allow God's Spirit an abiding place within us. To provide space in our life for God is not just some religious or spiritual duty, but it is the only way we can truly live as we were intended to live. We are not created to live separate from the Creator, but to always live mindful of our connection and our dependence upon Him. To embrace the spiritual life is to embrace this reality which directs us to the essence of who we are. We can trust our spirit to be the source of guidance for our life for it is where the Holy Spirit desires to abide in our life and from that place within us, He is always going to direct us according to the Creator's purpose for us.