The Will of God versus Your Emotions

[tater]

I'm going to put this opinion out there as an opinion. I don't know if this is completely the right way to think about this. I think Christians have been taught to deny themselves in a way that isn't correct. I think we are to enjoy life. I think food, color, music, love, friends, hobbies, possessions and many, many other things are to be enjoyed in this life. I think that when I desire something like a candy bar I don't have to feel guilty about desiring it. I don't have to feel guilty about eating it either. I know we need to think about our health but enjoying life is healthy.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, just like the verse in the N.T. that says if a man desires the office of a bishop he desires a good work, we should often follow our desires. I'm not talking about sinful desires. I'm just talking about desires. People say you should have "the call" before you can be a preacher. I'm not doubting that God can call someone. I'm doubting that a specific "call" is necessary if you desire to preach. We need people who desire to preach and teach and pastor more than we need people who feel like they have to.
I'm thinking that way too much emphasis is put on subjective leadings from God. There is enough that the Bible tells us to do that we aren't doing that we need to start doing. We can spend the rest of our lives doing what it tells us to do and probably not need to hear any voices or feel any leadings or sense guidance or receive prophecies or get a witness or a "word from the Lord", word of knowledge, word of wisdom or all those things I wasted about 15 years of my life trying to experience when I should have just delighted myself in the Lord and He would give me the desires of my heart.