It appears very clear that even among saints of the first century and apostles who were commissioned to preach the gospel, supernatural guidance was not the normal activity of the day. Instead, there were supernatural occurrences that were directly tied to the spread of the gospel by those chosen for the spiritual growth of the body of Christ. Neither Paul, nor Philip sought the Spirit’s guidance on which tradesman to buy their oil lamps or which Tudor to train their child. So, when you hear today’s preachers claiming that they are teaching and practicing just the same way it was done in the Bible times, you will know that is not true.
Further, extraordinary guidance was not given to every saint. Excluding the spiritual gifts that were granted for very specific needs (most of which were spiritual in nature), the events we have explored in the Acts of the Apostles included events surrounding the spread of the gospel. Naturally, that would include Paul and Peter and their fellow workers. Yet, even in a tremendous era of the Spirit’s outpouring, the saints neither received nor expected to receive divine guidance in the ordinary decisions of life. When they shared the gospel, they shared what they knew from either the apostle’s teaching or from the gifts shared among them by the Spirit. But, the Spirit separated Paul and Barnabas for the work of spreading the gospel (Acts 13:2). He did not send every saint for that task. In addition, the gifts of men in Ephesians 4:11-12, namely, apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastor’s/teachers did not include all the saints. In fact, it would have included a small percentage of first-century Christians.
In addition to the very specialized work of the few during the extraordinary period of the Spirit’s outpouring, we have no expectation of receiving any guidance outside the Word. No one living today has been promised such revelations and guidance and should not expect it. Even then, are we to justify our claims on fourteen supernatural occurrences connected to the spread of the gospel by the apostles, while being given seventy examples of ordinary decisions made without the Spirit’s guidance?  We certainly do not have any reason to expect divine directives of the Spirit in making common decisions of life. They didn’t even have guidance in those areas in the first century. We certainly should not expect it in this era.