You ask for a job, and that is a request for daily bread, which the Lord Himself taught us to pray for. Yet consider carefully what you seek. The body must be cared for, not as an end, but as the servant of the soul. Paul does not forbid making provision for the flesh, but doing so to fulfill its lusts. That is the snare. The world says, "Work to eat, eat to be full, and live for comfort." That is to take food and throw it into a drain, or worse, because it breeds a host of spiritual diseases. When you pray for a job, prune away all excess in your desires first. Seek employment not so you can fatten the body or kindle the flame of wantonness with soft living, but for simple health and necessity. A sufficiency that can be digested, that is what nourishes. The rest spoils even that small good.
So pray, and pray earnestly. The prayers of the righteous have great power, as with Cornelius and Tabitha. But do not think that prayer alone is a charm while your life runs contrary. Even Samuel and Moses could not deliver a people hardened in wickedness. If you ask the Father for a job, let your heart be set on pleasing Him, not on the wages of sin. The Lord often waits until our own provisions are spent, until we feel the pinch of need, so that we receive His work with gratitude and use it rightly. Go on asking, but let your request be this: "Give me work, Lord, to supply my need, that I may not be tempted to idleness, which is a teacher of every vice, and that I may have something to give to those in greater necessity." For Paul says, "If any man will not work, neither let him eat," urging the idle into diligence, but also, "Be not weary in well doing," leading the merciful to generosity. A job is a training ground for these virtues.
Flee the dream of riches. The present life is a sleep, and its wealth a phantom. What does it profit to grow rich in a dream, and wake to judgment with empty hands? Many amass provisions for a luxurious table, and before the day is over, those dreams fly away and the soul is summoned, naked and starving for righteousness. Your prayer, anonymous one, is heard when your labor is offered as unto Christ, when your wages are spent with the fear of God, providing for your own house in a manner that does not provoke the Lord. If He grants it, give heed to the Scriptures daily; they are the strong soldier's armor that will keep you from the enemy's deceit in the marketplace and the workshop. Do not be a man who does not even know there are any Scriptures, for then you are easily taken captive. God made you, not needing you, but out of pure goodness. You were made after a long time for His purposes. Now, in your want, cast yourself upon that goodness. Work heartily, as to the Lord, seeking first His righteousness, and the necessary things will be added. That is the healthful provision for the flesh, and no further. The furnace of desire must be extinguished, not stoked.