God rocked my world on June 16th, 2000. I was called into the office of the director of Human Resources at the large law firm where I had worked for 13 years and was told that my position had been eliminated. However devistating this seems, at that very moment God filled me with such peace that surpassed ALL understanding. I truly believe this was the hand of God.
Several months before I lost my job, Beth Moore, my Sunday School teacher, had warned us about asking God to humble us. She said He would definately answer that prayer. Well, I prayed that prayer...why, I don't know, but I believe that it was a part of God's plan for my life. I am living proof that He WILL answer that prayer. He had to bring me to a place where I had to bend my knees and place my life completely in His hands.
I have been actively looking for a job, but have had no success. I have had only ONE interview in the last six months and that was just a few weeks ago. This time off from work has really been a blessing in that I am getting into the Word and really seeking God's face. I am hiding in the cleft of the rock, longing for His presence.
Commuting to work in downtown Houston took a lot of my time and energy. It was really difficult for me to make time to really study God's Word...or, at least that's what I had convinced myself of. In the spring of 2000 Houston's First Baptist Church had Commitment Day. We were asked to commit to prayer, envangelism, mission work, etc. We filled out a card and marked those areas of commitment that we felt led to do. I commited to prayer and a daily quiet time. For the daily quiet time, we as the Church body, were to do a daily devotional from Selwyn Hughes' Everyday Light. For me, this little book was a "Divine Appointment". We started that devotional on June 5,th...get the picture? Every word from that book and THE BOOK leapt off the pages and right into my heart.
In the fall of 2000 Beth Moore's Bible study session was a study of Kay Arthur's Our Covenant God. This also spoke volumes to my situation. The Hebrew expression karah beriyth, to cut covenant, is a pledge of faithfulness, a faithfulness unto death. God is faithful in all He does.
About a year and a half ago I purchased the workbook and audio tapes of Beth Moore's To Live is Christ, the study of the life of Paul the Apostle. I never made the time to start it, so it gathered dust until the appointed time. God appointed this time for me to seek Him.
At the first of the year 2000 I adopted Jeremiah 29:11-12 as my scripture for the year...is it prophetic, or what? This journey in seeking His face has been a rocky one, because satan has tried his best to get me off course. But, glory to God, His Word has truly been a sword in this battle.
If your life seems to have no purpose...you're just existing from day to day...let the Lord speak to you in His Word. It is alive...He is alive. Seek Him while He can be found. One day everyone will see Him and acknowledge that He IS. One day every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.
Today is January 17, 2001 and I still don't have a job, but I know the plans He has for me. Please pray for me.
I have a job! 8 miles from home...what an answer to prayer. I am working for my brother-in-law. He owns a company that sells industrial tools that is growing in leaps and bounds. No stress and I will be doing exactly what I have been praying for...e-commerce.
