How do you know when God’s asking you to quit?

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How do you know when God wants you to quit something? A few years ago, I felt like the Lord was leading me to quit caffeine, anything that had energy in it. And it's not that I was addicted either, but I was working a lot. I was tired. I was a new dad. I was trying to build a business, a YouTube channel, while having a full-time job. And so I was drinking coffee daily, and then some type of a healthy energy drink in the afternoon. But I started to get this feeling that I needed to stop drinking energy drinks, any type of caffeine. Now, the Bible doesn't clearly say, "Thou shall not drink coffee." So, I didn't really think about it. But there were a couple of days where I was pushing real hard. And you know that feeling you start to get in your throat when you're starting to feel sick? Even though I was getting that, I would still drink caffeine because I would think, "I just need to get through this day." And then it seemed like every month my body would crash. I would get super sick. And then I'd be forced to stop drinking caffeine and rest anyway, as my body was trying to recover. And those times where I was really sick, I was like, "Okay, I do think this is God. I need to cut back." But then as soon as I would get better again and start working hard, I'd think about how I needed to keep up. And I'd go back to the energy drinks. So, how do you know if something you feel led to quit is from God or not? Well, for me, there is this scripture in James that says, "Whoever then knows the good they ought to do and does not do it, it is sin for them." That word is ought. It does not mean want. It means knows that we should do it. It's not always going to be super clear. We can go to scripture, and there are values that we learn from God, direct commands we learn from God. Don't steal. Don't lie. But then there are also character values from the Lord. Like the scripture that says, "Come to me all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." For me, instead of going to God and saying, "Help me figure out what to do," I was going to energy drinks. I was putting that before God. And that's when I felt convicted. When we start putting anything before the Lord and going to that first, it's not all for us. It can't save us. The Lord can. This month marks 3 years of no caffeine or energy drinks in my life. And instead of pushing through it, I rest. I come to the Lord. I don't get it perfect, but I found when I took a a in that direction and started trusting God, cuz I felt like I didn't have enough time to do all the things and I just gave up caffeine. God gave me time back in a way I never thought was possible. He started waking me up earlier and helping me feel energized. He'd put me to sleep sooner and take care of all the things that I was worrying about. Maybe not in the way that I thought it needed to be done, but God's ways are higher than our ways. His thoughts are higher than our thoughts. We cannot be more productive than the Lord. So, God, I pray that we trust him today in whatever we face nice, that we place it in your hands and walk faithfully in whatever you're calling us to do. It's in Jesus' name we pray. Amen. God bless you, friends.