God's guidance is almost always step-by-step; He does not show us our life's plan all at once. Sometimes our anxiousness to know the will of God comes from a desire to peer over God's shoulder to see what His plan is. What we need to do is learn to trust Him to guide us.

Trusting God: Even When Life Hurts (ed. Navpress Publishing Group, 1990) - ISBN: 9780891092414