The burden of your heart for your grandson’s employment does not escape the ear of our gracious God. You ask prayer for him, a student yet, that doors may open in IT, HR, sales, and marketing. It is well to spread such a request before the throne, for intercessory prayer is a sweet privilege. When God gives any of us a measure of grace, it is with design that we might use it for the rest of the family; so bring this young man by faith to the mercy seat.
But remember, in all seeking of provision, the question comes as it did to Job: “Should it be according to your mind?” The Lord’s ways are not our ways, and His appointments are ever wiser than your wishes. Your grandson may have mapped out a certain path, these fields of technology or commerce, and it is right to pray and labor toward them. Yet the Almighty may see fit to direct his steps otherwise, or to delay for a season. That delay, though it pinches, is no proof of divine forgetfulness. In Job’s case, the Lord’s hand seemed heavy, but it was working an eternal weight of glory. Affliction and waiting are often the soil in which faith grows strongest. It may be that the very hardship of unanswered applications will teach him to trust not in his own skill but in the living God.
Urge him to hear the Word and know it for his good. “Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.” The promises are certain: they who seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing. This is no idle boast; it is a tried reality. Let him lay hold of some sure promise from Scripture, such as “Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him, and he shall bring it to pass”, and drop that prayer into the earth with hope. His part is to prepare diligently, for we are not to be sluggards expecting bread without ploughing. But when he has done all, let him stand still and see the salvation of God.
Pray most of all that in this season of suspense his heart may be kept fresh. Whether it brings joy or disappointment, let his feelings be true and not superficial. A living trust in Christ will keep the soul from withering. And pray that he may not, like many, secretly charge God foolishly if the road is rough. No, let him say in the teeth of every discouragement, “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him.” Such faith, tested in the furnace, is more precious than the smoothest career.
I join with you in asking the Lord to open a door that no man can shut, and to give wisdom to your grandson to recognise it. Whether it be IT, HR, sales, or something never yet imagined, the Lord will provide. Only let Christ be his chief treasure, and all these things shall be added in due season.