Called...to what?

I'll start by saying there are a few terms and phrases thrown around Christian circles that I have a hard time hearing and try to never say myself. Some of them being: "I'm gonna spend some time with Jesus.", "We are courting not dating.", and finally, "Do you feel called?", or, "It's my calling." In this particular instance I will focus on the idea of God's "calling" on our lives.

What is "calling"? Better yet, does God have one path for our lives and what is it? Logically, no. If God had one specific plan or "calling" for our lives we would not have the freedom to choose Him in the first place. So then let's follow the path of someone who does choose to live with God in their life. Were they made to be "slaves of righteousness" or is it "for freedom that Christ has set us free?" Scripture says both. Because of God's great love for us we have the free will to choose Him, but now after we choose Him do we not still have that free will in His love to determine our path according to God's will?

Now let's follow the path of someone who chooses to live without God. If God "holds all things together" and "all things were created by Him and for Him" than even the most radical atheist is still created by God and for God. So then is this person fulfilling God's will without even seeking it out? Do they have a "calling" and that is to not know God and preach against those who do?

What I'm trying to get at is we so often limit out own freedom in Christ and then end up limiting God's will. Sometimes I think we need to have a wake up call like Job got, after arguing with friends Job thought that he knew God well enough to say to Him that he didn't deserve the torture he went through. God does not respond with compassion, He says "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand." Basically, "You don't know me! Step off Job!" The moment we think we have a grasp on God is when we put Him in a box. The same thing happens when we think we are "called" to one thing. Many people today are feeling "called" to mission work in Africa. But those who believe that that is the sole thing God has intended them to do have now put chains on God. God's will is so much better than the little things we dream up! If you feel God has called you to missions in Africa, He probably wants you to do missions in Europe too, even southeast Asia, or maybe (gasp!) America!

So bottom line is, maybe we feel "called" to certain things but don't get your heart set on it cause God has something better for you. God's will does not stop at "being called" if anything, you are called, then led, then tested, then humbled, then lifted up. So don't think your "calling" is your destination. In Scripture the only thing Christ calls us to, is to follow Him. There is no mention of "calling" or :being called". The occupation we are "called" to is to follow Christ.