376 avoiding the perception of emptiness

It's weird how some things, you hear so often that it makes so much sense and you stop questioning it, but when you hear the flip-side of it, you realize how much more sense the alternative makes. At least in the Christian world, I feel like we talk so much about finding our calling. We look at our experiences, our talents, our availability and try to figure out our "calling." Yet, when do we ever see that in the Bible? Every man whom God calls, God calls on His own timing, not when they were trying to "figure it out." Sure, we want to be attentive and listen, but American Christianity has made it feel like we have to find it out as soon as possible so we can live our best life now, as if we're missing out and not following God if we do not have a clear purpose. There's a peace in knowing that when God wants to call you, He will call you, even if it takes 2 or 3 times like with Samuel. After all, the whole of the Bible, the whole of life, is about God and not us.