Acts 16, where the Spirit repeatedly blocks the road until Paul sees a man of Macedonia begging him to come — guidance by closed doors as much as open ones.
Acts 9 and the conversion of Saul, brought by a guest preacher who leads a missions organization for orphans.
1 Kings 3:5-15. Offered anything, Solomon asks for a discerning heart to govern — and God is pleased by what he did not ask for.
Ananias sent to Straight Street to lay hands on the man who came to arrest him. Saul is named a chosen instrument before he has done anything to deserve it.
Continuing on spiritual gifts, with the aim of keeping them from becoming a commodity: find what you enjoy, go serve God in it, and enjoy the doing.
Moses and the burning bush in Exodus 3, used to make spiritual gifts personal rather than a matter of arithmetic — gift A plus gift B equals gift D.