About 7 years ago, I had just gotten engaged to my wife, and I was in spiritual crisis. I wasn't sure whether God was real or not, whether my salvation was real, and whether I could trust the Bible. I eventually reached the point where it was consuming me, and the doubts circled in my mind, ready to move in for the kill. Out of the blue one day (I found out later it was the exact moment that my future wife was praying for me) I shouted to God, "Put these doubts out of my head! I choose, BY FAITH, to believe in You, to trust in Your salvation, and to trust Your word!"
At that point I heard a voice in my head, as clear as day, telling me to grab my guitar, get in my car and start driving. I drove north for about 30 miles, until I came across this small, rural church outside of Wesley Chapel, FL. I figured taht the reason I was supposed to bring my guitar was to worship God, so I grabbed it and sat on a rock in the field behind this church, and started playing. The first song I sang was entitled "Sweet Wind."
The first verse of the song paints a picture of God as the wind that sweeps across all the land, and as I started singing, a breeze swept across the field, just enough to cool me down a bit. The second verse paints the picture of God as the cooling rain, pouring over our spirit, and the cloud above me opened up a little bit and I was in a mist-like rain. At this point, I became a bit worried, because the third verse talked about God's holy fire!
Sure enough, as I started playing the third verse, the rain stopped, and the cloud that was covering the sun moved just enough to where I was covered in immensely bright sunlight. As I finished the song, a cloud rolled back in front of the sun. (To show God's sense of humor, after about 30 seconds of contemplating how amazing God is, He dumped about 6 inches of rain on me in about the time it took me to grab my guitar and run to my car.)
I don't know why God doesn't give everyone who earnestly seeks Him that kind of experience. I only know that God was so pleased by my decision to step out in faith for Him, that He provided me with the truth I so desperately sought.