Distinguishing the Holy Spirit's burden from personal obsession

Mike's framework: (1) Certainty that something is the Spirit is rare — more often we live with ambiguity. (2) When truly the Spirit, there is a rare instilled confidence/faith that doesn't arise from personal desire. (3) In ambiguous cases: don't "step out in faith" (which can be presumption), but step out in good works — if the action is good and honors Christ, do it regardless (Titus 2 calls us to be zealous for good works). (4) The danger of constantly conflating personal motives with God's calling: leads to leaving spouses, jumping ministries, instability. (5) Application to the listener: reaching out to restore a broken friendship is a good, godly principle — they can act without needing to definitively resolve whether it's the Spirit or not, as long as they act in godliness.