1Kings 1:5 - Now Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith, put himself forward and said, “I will be king.” So he got chariots and horses ready, with fifty men to run ahead of him.
It's common to tell teenagers: "You can be whatever you want to be." Apparently that's what Adonijah thought as well, so he found 50 people to support him and tried to be king instead of Solomon. He wanted to be king, so he made a plan and went for it. But whether or not he had the skills, God did not plan for him to be king--and Adonijah failed. (So you can't be whatever you want to be.)
These days we see that played out everywhere. People try out for American Idol who don't have the ability to sing. Parents push their kids (and the coaches) trying to turn them into professional athletes, when the kid is just average. Others try to start a business or run an organization without the skill. They want to be something that God didn't create them for.
So why do we say that to people? Actually, it's for a good desire. We want people to not limit themselves and pursue the greatest possibilities for their lives. But that can be misguided. The greatest possibility is not to be what we want to be, but what God wants us to be. And that takes a relationship with Him to find out.
Being what God wants us to be has the greatest impact, the best personal results, the wisest example, and the longest legacy. It may not be written about in the papers or gain the most income, and others may appear more successful than us, but it offers the greatest eternal pleasure.
Choose to be God's man or woman and discover His daily purpose for your life. Don't force your way to be what you want --- follow Jesus to become what God wants. That's your greatest potential career/legacy.
Then you will be ALL that you can be.
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