When I was young, I remember the encyclopedia salesman coming to the house. My dad bought several different sets of them: the basics, scientific ones, the Annals of America, etc. He also bought a lot of classic books: Twain, Orwell, Dickens. I have no idea how much money he spent back then, but it had to be a lot.
From that time on, whenever I had a question about school, my father would point to the bookshelves and say, “See those? Look it up. That’s why I bought them.” He made me work for the answer. That actually taught me more than the answer itself.
So when people ask me questions, and I say, “Follow God; do what He says. Ask the Spirit; that’s why He has been given to you,” some people think that makes me a bad leader. I don’t know a better way, really.
An inability to hear the voice of God is a bigger problem than not knowing the answers themselves.
Peace.