Here I Am

So if you have ever read the story about Samuel you know the part where the Lord called him 3 times and he kept going to Eli saying "here I am, you called me." Finally Eli realized that it was God calling Samuel and he told Samuel to answer "Speak, for your servant is listening."
Anyways, I've been seeing a lot of this passage in the last few months. I've seen it in a few different lights and I think it's a pretty interesting passage. First, how often before we became Christians did we feel God calling us, but we just didn't know it was him? I know I had that, all my life I kept answering to other people and other things "Here I am", not knowing that God was the one pulling at my heart trying to get my attention. I think sometimes we still do that even as Christians. God is wanting us to do something for him, but we think it's something completely different. We feel it necessary to run for president of a club because we think we can lead people, isn't God the one that gave you that ability? And how do you know he isn't giving you an opportunity to witness by showing strength to this group of people? Just an example.
Secondly, Samuel says, "Speak for your servant is listening." Man I wish I could say that is what I say to God all the time. But dang, I know I don't. But when I do listen to God, life is so much better. And you always know when you aren't listening to God, because you can feel it in your heart and hear that little voice inside your head telling you different, but you try to convince yourself that this is what God wants. It's so silly, but we all do it, at least I think, I know I do. But working on it.
So here we see what we need to improve on in our daily walks of life. We need to realize that God is calling us to do certain things and that in everything we do we serve him. Not only that, but we need to listen to what he tells us. And here's the kicker, by listening to what he says we might just end up doing what he wants.