When I think the Lord is speaking to me, it’s more like, “Stop complaining and sort the laundry, already.”
The Spirit moves in ordinary means.
To me, He does. I’ve been told to apologize to someone to whom I was rude, to show more consideration to a child, to clean up for my husband (on and on and on ...), to phone my mother. It’s the little things that make the difference between self-serving and living for others.
In bigger issues, I’ve had the Spirit tell me to wait - to think for a day before responding to an issue in my ministry (my parish’s Hispanic mission). To say, “We all need to pray about how we’re working for our brothers,” instead of taking sides in a dispute.