Sunrise vs. Sunburst: On discovering God's will

I was reading through a sermon on the life of Joseph and this excerpt struck me:

I heard someone say that God’s will is more like a sunrise than a sunburst. Out of the darkness and chaos of life, God’s will rises slowly over the horizon. It’s not so much that we see the sun. It’s that by the sun we see everything else. So it is with God’s will ...

 http://www.keepbelieving.com/sermon/do-you-know-why-you-were-born/