Exodus 14:10-14
As Pharaoh approached,
the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after
them. They were terrified and cried out to the Lord. They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? Didn’t
we say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians’?
It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in
the desert!” Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
I've applied for what I think is a fair number of jobs. Yet, no one has called me to arrange an interview or talk to clarify my appplication. Sometimes, my mind will wander and lead me to ask why is it that I'm not being called. It's a bit unnerving and self-doubts start to creep in when I consider myself to be a great employee with amazing capabilities. (Self praise, no doubt, but I truly believe that I am superb in what I do in marketing)
Yet, I'm not panic stricken nor anxious simply because I know that time to God is. It is but a blink of an eye and in the greater scheme of my life, it's only a phase in a long working period. So while I can endure the stress free days, days with lunch appointments and even aimless days of doing nothing but laze at home because the sun is simply too hot to leave the home. Life will just be passing days untill God opens the door for my next employment.
With some confidence, I know that there's nothing I can do to force open an interview or a job offer. I know for a fact that I need to learn how to be standing still, even in the face of uncertainties. But isn't life always like this for us? We can do any and everything but it is the Lord who will deliver us from life. It is just the actual moment of learning to stand still in the face of uncertainties that unnerves us. Such is the shallow nature of our faith.
When I come out of this unemployment phase, I hope to be able to look back and recognise how childish the paranoia I had, and how amazing the hand of God is to instrument the next steps of my career. In the meantime, all I do is be hopeful and wait in obedience without giving my head many chances to run wild in panic.
My God is mighty to save!
M.
19 February 2014
You only need to be still
Exodus 14:10-14
As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after them. They were terrified and cried out to the Lord. They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? Didn’t we say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians’? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!” Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
I've applied for what I think is a fair number of jobs. Yet, no one has called me to arrange an interview or talk to clarify my appplication. Sometimes, my mind will wander and lead me to ask why is it that I'm not being called. It's a bit unnerving and self-doubts start to creep in when I consider myself to be a great employee with amazing capabilities. (Self praise, no doubt, but I truly believe that I am superb in what I do in marketing)
Yet, I'm not panic stricken nor anxious simply because I know that time to God is. It is but a blink of an eye and in the greater scheme of my life, it's only a phase in a long working period. So while I can endure the stress free days, days with lunch appointments and even aimless days of doing nothing but laze at home because the sun is simply too hot to leave the home. Life will just be passing days untill God opens the door for my next employment.
With some confidence, I know that there's nothing I can do to force open an interview or a job offer. I know for a fact that I need to learn how to be standing still, even in the face of uncertainties. But isn't life always like this for us? We can do any and everything but it is the Lord who will deliver us from life. It is just the actual moment of learning to stand still in the face of uncertainties that unnerves us. Such is the shallow nature of our faith.
When I come out of this unemployment phase, I hope to be able to look back and recognise how childish the paranoia I had, and how amazing the hand of God is to instrument the next steps of my career. In the meantime, all I do is be hopeful and wait in obedience without giving my head many chances to run wild in panic.
My God is mighty to save!
M.
As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after them. They were terrified and cried out to the Lord. They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? Didn’t we say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians’? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!” Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
I've applied for what I think is a fair number of jobs. Yet, no one has called me to arrange an interview or talk to clarify my appplication. Sometimes, my mind will wander and lead me to ask why is it that I'm not being called. It's a bit unnerving and self-doubts start to creep in when I consider myself to be a great employee with amazing capabilities. (Self praise, no doubt, but I truly believe that I am superb in what I do in marketing)
Yet, I'm not panic stricken nor anxious simply because I know that time to God is. It is but a blink of an eye and in the greater scheme of my life, it's only a phase in a long working period. So while I can endure the stress free days, days with lunch appointments and even aimless days of doing nothing but laze at home because the sun is simply too hot to leave the home. Life will just be passing days untill God opens the door for my next employment.
With some confidence, I know that there's nothing I can do to force open an interview or a job offer. I know for a fact that I need to learn how to be standing still, even in the face of uncertainties. But isn't life always like this for us? We can do any and everything but it is the Lord who will deliver us from life. It is just the actual moment of learning to stand still in the face of uncertainties that unnerves us. Such is the shallow nature of our faith.
When I come out of this unemployment phase, I hope to be able to look back and recognise how childish the paranoia I had, and how amazing the hand of God is to instrument the next steps of my career. In the meantime, all I do is be hopeful and wait in obedience without giving my head many chances to run wild in panic.
My God is mighty to save!
M.
