Obedience and Personal Revelation

I have been listening to talks/speeches by President Eyring during my daily commute, and have noticed that almost all of President Eyring's teaching is summed up in these two statements:

"Just try two things: listen for the whisperings of the Spirit and then commit to obey."
and
"Write down impressions or thoughts that you feel came from God."

I have been trying to do this more as my previous Bishop really focused on these same teachings of President Eyring. As I have done so, I have grown in confidence with the Spirit. There are times when I do not doubt I am being taught - a VERY new experience for me - one I didn't really have faith in before. This confidence in the Spirit has come from keeping VERY simple commandments, which are often hard for me to keep because they require routine diligence and faithfulness.

"It is by obedience to commandments that we qualify for further revelation of truth and light. In this hour you may have committed to act on something you felt was true. Then more truth came to you. That process may slow or stop, if as you go out into daily life you fail to keep the silent commitments you made with God. God not only loves the obedient, He enlightens them. I fear that more people make promises to God than keep them, so you will please Him when you are the exception and you keep your promise to obey. You should test those impressions of what you should do against a simple standard: Is it what the Master has commanded in the accepted revelations? Is it clearly within my calling in His kingdom?" (From President Eyring's BYU Speech, "A Life Founded in Light and Truth." )

I know that we will receive personal revelation and more and more light as we act on the light and knowledge we have already received - which varies from person to person. But I know that as we follow those commandments (starting with simple ones), we will be crowned with more commandments - delivered through ordinances, the words of the prophets, and ultimately the Holy Ghost.

And they shall also be crowned with blessings from above, yea, and with commandments not a few, and with revelations in their time—they that are faithful and diligent before me. - D&C 59:4

I pray that we can all be crowned with commandments, revelations, and blessings - I know that the line between the three blurs as we receive more and more light - for they all are manifestations of the love of God and that truly, "As well might man stretch forth his puny arm to stop the Missouri river in its decreed course, or to turn it up stream, as to hinder the Almighty from pouring down knowledge from heaven upon the heads of the Latter-day Saints." (D&C 121:33)

D&C 19:39 Behold, canst thou read this without rejoicing and lifting up thy heart for gladness?

I cannot! :)