How do we know what goals to pursue?

We’re to be diligent in the position we currently have, as 1Co 7 and when David was told that he would be king, yet went back to tending to the sheep.

But can we set goals, God willing? Some people may want to be a missionary, local or abroad. Others may work chiefly to being a good father and husband. And business men or even ‘plain’ workers who simply want to give to the church, the poor and the widows. You might decide to stay single so you can live cheap and free to teach and disciple. And on it goes..

How do we know what goal to pursue? For example, what college education you get (if any) may drastically affect this. You could say, I won’t go to college so I can study the Bible more and serve the in the church more.. You might go to bible college because you want someone to help you along in studying. You might study something secular to make money, to provide for a family and to give, etc.

The list can go on and on.

Should you choose based on your natural skills and inclinations? At least partly, at least where they are not inherently sin? I think of the verse about being diligent in small things and the talents. Some think it refers (or also refers) to your skills, others deny that. I tend to think it includes that, being a steward.

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