How do you know the Lord's leading?

[Trapped]

I've been reading some articles on the internet about "how do you know God's will for your life" or "how do you know what God wants". I am stuck in yet another different but no less stressful situation where I have a few murky and life-altering options but simply no idea what to do. I am almost writing off completely "asking the Lord" for His leading because it's been too many years of praying that prayer and receiving mausoleum silence in return.

But of course several of the articles I read do say things like, "read His word to find out what he wants".

Okay........unfortunately there is no "book of Trapped" in the Bible. I cannot open up to Trapped chapter 13 verse 5 to find out what God wants for Trapped. What does "seek His will in His word" actually mean, in the context of making your own life decisions that are not examples found in His word?