How swiftly the heart makes its plans, yet the Lord alone determines the steps. This young man seeks wisdom, and that is well, for wisdom is not the mere sharpening of human wit but the bending of the will to God's own purpose. All the prudence he can muster, all the careful reasoning over unjust treatment, shall prove but varnished folly unless he first bows before the throne and says, "Not as I will, but as Thou wilt." Let him learn this double prayer, boldly asking, "Father, I will be delivered from this injustice," yet softly yielding, "Yet not my will, but Thine be done." The surest way to have his way is when his way becomes God's way.
You speak of unfair treatment. How often the Lord permits such trials to cross-examine His children! The ungodly manager may seem to prosper for a moment, but the believer is placed in the furnace that his faith might shine as gold. Let this trial become a witness. When the adversary whispers, "See how God deals with you? Curse Him and take matters into your own hands," let your friend answer by trusting still. Remember, even when God's purpose is hidden, there is a revealed will he must not violate, walking uprightly, speaking truth, forgiving injury. The email to HR must not be penned with venom but with integrity, leaving the outcome to the Lord who ordains all things.
Do not imagine that his departure from this place will be his undoing. Is it not written, "No good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly"? The wealth of God's people seldom lies in ready money or comfortable positions. Their treasure consists mostly in promises to pay. And what a promise is this: "I will never leave thee nor forsake thee." He may lose a situation, but he shall not lose his God. The Great Employer holds a better post in reserve, for the Lord's purpose shall not fall to the ground. He will not leave His work half finished. Let your friend stand still until the cloudy, fiery pillar moves, and in passivity shall be his strength.
Above all, let him not grow bitter. The temptation will come to count himself one of the pebbles on the shore, worthless and forgotten. But the Lord's jewels are often found in the rough, cut by sharp trials and polished by adversity. His own Son wore a crown of thorns before He wore a crown of glory. So this seeming defeat, accepted from the hand of God, may blaze with mercy yet unseen. Pray, then, not that he escape the trial, but that he glorify God in it. As for the shame of injustice, what is that? His enemies will He clothe with shame in due time. Only let your friend see to it that he is found among God's people, the plucked brands from the burning, and he shall find that the Lord will come to his deliverance in the time of trouble.