2 YEARS AND 3 MONTHS AGO, I HAD A REALLY GOOD JOB. IT WAS THE JOB THAT I AM AFTER DURING COLLEGE. IT WAS MY “DREAM JOB.”
MY JOB RIGHT NOW WAS ALSO AN ANSWERED PRAYER. BEEN PRAYING FOR THIS SINCE 2008. AND GOD GAVE ME EVERY LITTLE THINGS THAT I ASKED TO HIM.
1. A WORK THAT HAVE A FLEXIBLE WORKING HOURS.
2. I WILL HAVE MY OWN OFFICE DESK AND COMPUTER.
3. FRIENDLY WORKMATES
AND GOD ADDED MORE BLESSINGS TO IT! HOWEVER AS YEARS PASSED BY, MY WORK GET SO TEDIOUS AND MY WORK BUDDY BECOME SO IRRESPONSIBLE. HE TEND TO PASS HIS WORKLOADS TO ME WHILE HE IS ON HIS “OTHER WORK.”
I ALWAYS RANT ABOUT HIS ATTITUDE BUT I NEVER AND I THINK WILL NEVER I CONFRONT HIM ABOUT THIS. I HAVE REACHED THE POINT THAT I CAN BARELY MAKE MYSELF COME TO WORK. I CRY TO GOD EVERY MORNING.
THEN THIS MORNING, GOD REMINDED ME OF HANNAH.
HANNAH, CRIED OUT TO GOD. SHE CONTINUED TO PRAY IN HER HEART. (1 SAMUEL 1) ON THE LATTER PART, GOD ANSWERED HER PRAYER. GOD REMEMBERED HANNAH.
THE STORY OF HANNAH INSPIRES ME THAT GOD CAN CHANGE THINGS EVEN IT IS IN IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION. I HAVE BEEN PRAYING GOD FOR A NEW “ADDITIONAL WORK” OR PERHAPS A BETTER JOB. THERE WERE TIMES I FEEL GOD IS NO LONGER LISTENING TO ME. I AM TIRED OF WAITING. BUT GOD IMPRESS IN MY HEART THAT “GOD’S DELAYS DOESN’T MEAN HE IS NOT WORKING ON ME. GOD IS TESTING MY FAITH.”
AND I REALIZE NOW WHAT IF GOD ANSWERED OUR PRAYERS INSTANTLY; DO WE STILL KNOW THE REAL MEANING OF BEING SO HUMBLE AND THANKFUL? WILL WE STILL KNOW HOW TO SAY “THANK YOU, GOD.”?
TO WRAP THIS UP, I WILL CONTINUE TO DO MY JOB. I WILL REMIND MYSELF THAT THIS IS NOT PERMANENT. GOD IS IN COMPLETE CONTROL. I KNOW IN MY HEART GOD KNOWS MY SENTIMENTS, MY STRUGGLES AND HE HAVE GREAT PLANS FOR ME. I WILL ENJOY MYSELF RATHER THAN STRESSING MYSELF. I WILL NOT QUIT. I WILL HOLD ON TO GOD’S PROMISES -PSALM 50:15.
MY JOB RIGHT NOW WAS ALSO AN ANSWERED PRAYER. BEEN PRAYING FOR THIS SINCE 2008. AND GOD GAVE ME EVERY LITTLE THINGS THAT I ASKED TO HIM.
1. A WORK THAT HAVE A FLEXIBLE WORKING HOURS.
2. I WILL HAVE MY OWN OFFICE DESK AND COMPUTER.
3. FRIENDLY WORKMATES
AND GOD ADDED MORE BLESSINGS TO IT! HOWEVER AS YEARS PASSED BY, MY WORK GET SO TEDIOUS AND MY WORK BUDDY BECOME SO IRRESPONSIBLE. HE TEND TO PASS HIS WORKLOADS TO ME WHILE HE IS ON HIS “OTHER WORK.”
I ALWAYS RANT ABOUT HIS ATTITUDE BUT I NEVER AND I THINK WILL NEVER I CONFRONT HIM ABOUT THIS. I HAVE REACHED THE POINT THAT I CAN BARELY MAKE MYSELF COME TO WORK. I CRY TO GOD EVERY MORNING.
THEN THIS MORNING, GOD REMINDED ME OF HANNAH.
HANNAH, CRIED OUT TO GOD. SHE CONTINUED TO PRAY IN HER HEART. (1 SAMUEL 1) ON THE LATTER PART, GOD ANSWERED HER PRAYER. GOD REMEMBERED HANNAH.
THE STORY OF HANNAH INSPIRES ME THAT GOD CAN CHANGE THINGS EVEN IT IS IN IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION. I HAVE BEEN PRAYING GOD FOR A NEW “ADDITIONAL WORK” OR PERHAPS A BETTER JOB. THERE WERE TIMES I FEEL GOD IS NO LONGER LISTENING TO ME. I AM TIRED OF WAITING. BUT GOD IMPRESS IN MY HEART THAT “GOD’S DELAYS DOESN’T MEAN HE IS NOT WORKING ON ME. GOD IS TESTING MY FAITH.”
AND I REALIZE NOW WHAT IF GOD ANSWERED OUR PRAYERS INSTANTLY; DO WE STILL KNOW THE REAL MEANING OF BEING SO HUMBLE AND THANKFUL? WILL WE STILL KNOW HOW TO SAY “THANK YOU, GOD.”?
TO WRAP THIS UP, I WILL CONTINUE TO DO MY JOB. I WILL REMIND MYSELF THAT THIS IS NOT PERMANENT. GOD IS IN COMPLETE CONTROL. I KNOW IN MY HEART GOD KNOWS MY SENTIMENTS, MY STRUGGLES AND HE HAVE GREAT PLANS FOR ME. I WILL ENJOY MYSELF RATHER THAN STRESSING MYSELF. I WILL NOT QUIT. I WILL HOLD ON TO GOD’S PROMISES -PSALM 50:15.