It is not necessary to be spiritual to get a word from God on things.
Consider: Under Moses, the designated priests could get a word from God regardless of their spiritual condition. All they needed was ritual adherence. There were, of course, other factors, such as the nation’s faithfulness as a whole. There also has to be a mechanism for asking which offers God a chance to ignore your question. This is totally consistent with ANE ethics, particularly regarding interactions with royalty. God casts Himself as the ultimate ANE Sheik. Keep in mind Moses is a subset of Noah.
However, in a broad general sense, most of what we regard as miracles and miraculous intervention was according the Law Covenants, not a genuine spiritual link with God. The spiritual connection adds a whole new element, but does not change the fundamentals. When people observe the Laws, they have standing to ask for things according to the promises of the Laws. I’m not sure exactly what we might do to mark the answers to questions, since we have no reliable information on what exactly is meant by “drawing lots before the Lord.” Perhaps this is something which simply requires a certain amount of testing.
Strictly speaking, dealing with ANE royalty was mostly a matter of protocol. We assume nothing simply because no one of us could possibly know enough about the Sheik’s business to always get it right. Still, when He proposes a covenant, aside from what seems to us caprice because we don’t know all the angles, we address it mostly as an element of mystery attached to all things. We fulfill the best we know, make a request through proper channels, and wait for a response at the Sheik’s leisure. Naturally, we try our best to make our requests consistent with what we know of His character.
So any Joe Sixpack who is observant of the Laws of Noah can ask God for a good harvest, and have reason to believe it will come. He could, for example, ask for God’s guidance choosing between two or three prospective brides, and reasonably expect His choice to be according to His interests, but would work out well in those terms. The same goes with other perplexing life choices. The guidance offered will always be regarding things covered in the Covenant — things of this world. Please notice: Satan and the demons are generally bound by the same Laws. We can’t possibly fathom the actual details, but demonic activity is permitted or restricted by God according to the Laws of Noah, which remains the covenant binding all humanity today. The story of Job points out the inscrutable angle in God operating outside the scope of our understanding, yet in the long run, according to His promises. Variations are more likely to happen when the person involved is spiritual, due to higher expectations from God, and far less often when they are not spiritual.
It should be obvious under no circumstances should anyone expect paradise on this earth. Certain select individuals, for whatever reason, may approach that, or at least seem to be almost there. However, you and I, regardless of spiritual condition, should never expect it. We should always expect to be denied critical information as part of the Covenant conditions, which will maintain a certain variability in how things work out. However, the promises of the Covenant are unshakable. Perhaps you’ll remember the Western bias for precision is a major hindrance here.
Thus, in terms Evangelicals will understand, God does hear a sinner’s prayer for covenant blessings under Noah. The theology which states God hears only one prayer from sinners, that of confession and commitment to Christ, is not supported in the Bible. It’s a logical derivative of the Westminster Accords, which are themselves entirely too Aristotelian to be faithful to Scripture. The declaration by certain religious organizations God works only, or works best, under their organizational structure, is only so accurate as they adhere to Noah. Any degree of Aristotelian or Platonic assumptions will guarantee they are wrong.
