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During your summer free time take some time to consider God's Gospel, an exposition by John Stott. You'll find this a helpful resource as you seek to salt and light in your vocation and part of the larger mission of the Kingdom of God (note: Stott's Basic Christianity is an excellent introduction to the Christian faith). See below for the conclusion of the first of a series of four presentations from Urbana '79,

To sum up, then, what was the secret of Paul's "eagerness" to preach the gospel? It arose from his recognition that the gospel is both an unpaid debt to humanity and the saving power of God. The first gave him a sense of obligation (he had been put in trust with the gospel), and the second a sense of conviction (if the gospel had saved him, it could also save others).

Still today the gospel is both a debt to discharge and a power to experience. We need to meditate on these truths, until in our hearts the light shines and the fire burns. Then and then only shall we be able to say with Paul, "I am not ashamed . . . I am under obligation . . . So I am eager to share the gospel with the world.