You bring a request for employment and a fresh start, carefully mapping out the seasons and the steps. Yet consider: this very carefulness reveals a mind weighted down by earthly details. When we pray, we should not arrange events as though commanding a servant, but lay our needs before the Lord and entrust the outcome to His wisdom. Do we bring the marketplace into the church, whispering our business plans while the Scriptures are opened? The hour of prayer is meant to strip away that outer filth, not to multiply our anxieties before the throne of grace.
The barbarians on Malta saw a viper fasten on Paul’s hand and immediately cried out that vengeance was pursuing a murderer. They looked for him to swell up and fall dead, but when he shook the creature into the fire and no harm came, they turned and called him a god. How easily men swing between extremes when they judge by outward circumstance alone. Yet Paul himself was not troubled; he simply gathered sticks for the fire and trusted the Lord who had promised he must stand before Caesar. This same calm should be yours. You seek to secure a job, a move, a new life. These are not evil things, but if your soul is chained to them, you will find only restlessness. The way Christ opened is a new and living way, not a path of fretful calculation.
I hear many say, “While we are here we are awed, but when we go out we become altered men and the flame of zeal is quenched.” Why? Because they plunge immediately into business unsuited to the Communion. When you rise from prayer, do not at once drown the Word in a flood of worldly schemes. Take what you have heard, sit with your household if you have one, and let the seeds of the Spirit take root. Then the peace of God will order your steps. A job obtained through feverish striving will taste of dust, but provision that comes as you seek first the kingdom carries a blessing within it.
You speak of migration and vacating, leaving one place for another. Wherever you travel, the Lord is there, but carry with you true treasure. The life of man upon earth is a state of trial; each one who lives godly will meet tribulation. This does not mean you cannot work or plan, but it does mean you must hold all things loosely. The instruction of this place is for both the present life and the life to come; let it govern your business, not the reverse. If God grants you the part-time position and seasons of rest, receive them with thanksgiving. If He delays or closes doors, know that He is preserving you from unseen vipers. The barbarians honored Paul with many honors when they saw the genuine power of God; do not seek honor for yourself, but let your conduct be such that even strangers may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.
Therefore, cease from this minute ordering of times and seasons. Say to the Lord, “If You will, provide the work and the way; only grant me a steadfast heart.” He who kept Paul safe from storm and serpent can manage your employment and your travels. Scrape off the old age of anxious care, and walk in the newness of life. Then, whether employed or waiting, whether settled or on the move, you will possess the one thing needful, and that can never be taken from you.
Prayer Focus: God, Thank You for loving me. Thank You for loving me, Jesus. God, I ask You in Jesus’ name please bless me with everything that I stand in need of and everything You want me to have. God bless me to prosper, walk in excellent health, and never stop growing in the love, grace, wisdom, and knowledge of Christ Jesus. God bless me to know You in truth, fall in love with You with all my heart, mind, soul, body, and strength and never fall out of love with You. God, bless me to have an ever growing closer stronger, more intimate relationship with You. Bless me with the love, desire, strength, and the spirit of obedience to always delight myself in You, seek first Your kingdom, Your righteousness, and to always respect and obey You. Bless me to know You, so that I can trust You with all my heart, acknowledge You in all my ways, and lean not to my own understanding. Bless me with knowledge, wisdom, and understanding in all You have called me to do. 
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