God's will, our calling, and more mystery

This morning I was reading in John. I read the prayer that Jesus prayed before going to the garden where he was arrested. These few lines are what grabbed my attention:

I glorified you on earth
By completing down to the last detail
What you assigned me to do.

I wonder how many details I have missed through the course of my life. Jesus didn't miss one. Not a single one. And I go back to thinking how he was 100% man. He "set aside the privileges of deity and took on the status of a slave, became human!" (per Phil. 2 ~ MSG). Facing all of the same struggles, temptations, attacks, etc that we face he still completed down to the last detail of his purpose on earth.

I also continue to wonder about the thought from yesterday, God's will. Maybe today it pops up again in the thought of an assignment(s) from God. I just find myself wondering how specific God's assignments are for us. I know that for some it appears that He leads them down a very specific path, like be an evangelist or missionary for the rest of your life. But for others, it appears to be much more general, like be a Christ follower where you are in the workplace (obviously the implied meaning in this is enormous...I'm not shrugging it off).

That brings to mind another point. Why is it that we only talk about someone being called when they're going into some sort of full-time Christian ministry? Can a Christ follower be called to be a CFO (surely not a CEO - haha), doctor, chef, soldier, secretary, burger slinger, or even a lawyer? Further, do you think a Christ follower is given freedom to pursue his or her passions (one could argue they've been placed their by God in the first place) in whatever field so that the light of Christ can be carried to others with similar passions?

Don't know if I'm making sense. I'm just working through this question that I've had in my head since college. I'm coming to think that we really limit ourselves by thinking that God has some kind of one-track life in mind for us. Maybe it's not that narrowly focused but more of a general calling to live out our relationship with Him wherever we are, whatever we're doing, around whoever we're working-living-recreating with. Maybe we're all led in some kind of specific direction at various points in our lives...but maybe those are just points and not the whole.

Wow...a lot of maybes and another long post. I'd love to actually be talking to you all about these things instead of pondering the endless mysteries of God with my beautiful 20" imac...although it does listen well!

May we figure out what are assignments are today and do what we can to complete them to the very last detail!