have you heard of the story of the 12 spies? well the story goes like this, the Lord God promised Moses and his people the land of Canaan as their new country after spending 40 years in the desert. the land of Canaan was one of milk and honey, a very rich land. but it does not mean that they can walk into the land and rule over it just like that because it was ruled by the people of Canaan. so Moses choose 12 strong men from among the Israelites and sent them as spies into Canaan. 12 went, and 12 came back, but 10 of them told Moses, 'no no, we are never going to be able to conquer Canaan, because the people where were huge, everything there was huge, even the grapes were so huge and so heavy, it needed 2 strong men to carry them. no no, never are we going to be able to conquer Canaan.' but only the other 2 spies told Moses, 'even though these people are much stronger and taller than us, we can conquer them because the Lord our God is with us!' and of course you know how the story ended, because in God, nothing is impossible.
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i ended my last exam in April and have since been finding high and low for a job. soon i found one in late June and commenced by first official job in my working life at a mnc doing sales. i spent 2 months there, it was a roller coaster of emotions and time and again i have wanted to give up, but i pressed on, telling myself, learn something, learn something, dont think too much about liking the job or not. then, one day, i decided, i had enough. sales is really not my cup of tea, and it really affect my personally, as well as my attitude towards serving the Lord. then and there, without securing another job at hand, i handed in my resignation letter. i was pronounced jobless again. who knows how long its jobless period might last? maybe a few weeks, or maybe a month, or 2, or even more. but i just took it in my stride. i applied for jobs, and prayed hard about it. i only asked for 3 things, a job that i like, a job that has a good working environment, and most importantly, a job that gives me time to serve the Lord like i do before.
God has been kind on me, not long after i sent in my resumes to quite a number of companies and firms and organizations, i soon received calls from them. the 2nd week into my jobless state, i attended more than a hand count of interviews. and one day it struck me, i dint really like all these jobs that i applied for, and i have almost applied for everything that was of my interest, i dont have much jobs to apply from now on, what am i going to do? in my desperate-ness to get a job, i was about to craft out an email to a law firm, telling the director i was willing to accept the long working hours. i made that decision only because it was the best option i had.
but God works wonders, things took a change. a Church friend of mine called and asked if i was interested in taking up a position with her law firm for a 3 months contract, and i happened to had a chance to ask her about this other law firm that i went for interview at. then i realised not all law firms have such long working hours. God stopped me in time. concurrently, i was responding to a job offer by an agency, and things happened only too quickly for me to think a moment about it, and i realised i've been employed. though its a 6 months contract position, but never in my dreams would i have dreamt of working there. i must admit, my grades are not fantastic, but yet God showed me nothing is impossible in Him, He gave me the opportunity to work at the prime minister's office.
i give thanks to God because looking back at these 12 days since the time i resigned, and comparing it with the 2 months i spent looking for a job since i graduated, i can see God doing wonders there. because who will be able to find a job so soon, especially in such a prestigious organization within such a short period of time? God is really good to me.
facebook tells you almost everything about your 'friends'. i did a check last night, and i realised some of cum laude and above faculty mates of mine are working at PMO. at this point of time, i am scared, i am weary, can i do it? i am not good as them. but i'm reminded of the story of the 12 spies. yes, the people of Canaan were much stronger and taller than the Israelites, but God made a way for them. this God was a God that was with them thousands of years ago, so is He with me today, why do i fear? If God gave me the opportunity to be working in this place, then He must have made a way out for me to take on the challenges that seems to be waiting ahead for me. What then isit that i fear?
I hope my experience, works as an encouragement to all those who are fearful to take the leap.
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