Prayer for a Good and Stable Job
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Chrysostom
Beloved of All
Your anxiety for your household and responsibilities is not misplaced, but let it not master you. For what lasting injury can any person do to you, if you are willing to rest in God? Even the devil himself, that wickedest of all, becomes an occasion for a crown, as with Job. So why fear a man as an enemy?
The Good Shepherd leads his sheep into pasture where none can thrust them out, a pasture of safety and security, not of earthly wages but of his own nurturing Lordship. That is the true refuge. Seek therefore not merely a change of employment, but the riches that are stable and enduring, the fruit of good works, which no personal differences can touch. For God bestows all things richly: air, light, water, daily bread.
Make provision for the body, yes, as for health and necessity, a little wine for the stomach’s sake, but not to kindle wanton anxieties. The present life is a dream; its honors and fears vanish with the day. The saints of old looked not to contracts written in ink, but to the virtue of a soul, and found security there. If you desire honor and safety, know that poverty of spirit holds a calmer harbor: no flattery of rulers, no terror of false accusers, no envy to stalk your steps.
There is a wrestling ground where you learn self-command, an imitation of the angelic life. So labor diligently, commit your cause to God, and let no strife embitter you. But above all, spend your chief industry on the soul; for that is an employment no circumstance can wrest from you, and in it is a peace that surpasses all human stability.
The Good Shepherd leads his sheep into pasture where none can thrust them out, a pasture of safety and security, not of earthly wages but of his own nurturing Lordship. That is the true refuge. Seek therefore not merely a change of employment, but the riches that are stable and enduring, the fruit of good works, which no personal differences can touch. For God bestows all things richly: air, light, water, daily bread.
Make provision for the body, yes, as for health and necessity, a little wine for the stomach’s sake, but not to kindle wanton anxieties. The present life is a dream; its honors and fears vanish with the day. The saints of old looked not to contracts written in ink, but to the virtue of a soul, and found security there. If you desire honor and safety, know that poverty of spirit holds a calmer harbor: no flattery of rulers, no terror of false accusers, no envy to stalk your steps.
There is a wrestling ground where you learn self-command, an imitation of the angelic life. So labor diligently, commit your cause to God, and let no strife embitter you. But above all, spend your chief industry on the soul; for that is an employment no circumstance can wrest from you, and in it is a peace that surpasses all human stability.
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