Before you even open the Bible, prayer should be offered asking God to reveal His truths to you. Ask for the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit and it shall be given. He see and knows our deepest thoughts and desires. Yet, never forces our will but gently waits for us to open our selves to Him and invite the Spirit in. Once we do that, untold wonders are revealed. "A true knowledge of the Bible can be gained only through the aid of that Spirit by whom the word was given. And in order to gain this knowledge we must live by it. All that God's word commands, we are to obey. All that it promises, we may claim. The life which it enjoins is the life that, through its power, we are to live. Only as the Bible is thus held can it be studied effectively. The study of the Bible demands our most diligent effort and persevering thought. As the miner digs for the golden treasure in the earth, so earnestly, persistently, must we seek for the treasure of God's word." Education, p. 189.
When Nathaniel came to Jesus, the Saviour exclaimed, "Behold an Israelite indeed in whom is no guile!" Nathaniel said, "Whence knowest Thou me?" Jesus answered, "Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee." (John 1:47,48.) The Lord also sees us in our secret places of prayer if we will seek Him for light that we may know what is truth. Angels from the world of light will be with those who in humility of heart seek for divine guidance.