To keep job until get new one

[Jonathan_M]

I prayed for this in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Chrysostom]

You ask for prayer that you may keep your present job until a new one is found, and that peace would guard your heart. This is a season of uncertainty, as you say. But listen to the Apostle’s charge: “Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy.” Why place your hope in what is so easily transferred? A job is like wealth, here today and gone tomorrow, no more secure than the morning mist. You seek remote work, a right position, favor with managers; these are good things, but they are not your anchor. Your hope must be in God alone, the Author of all employment, who knows your need before you ask.

And what is this peace you long for? The world’s peace is often a false peace, a sleeping in luxury while the flood comes suddenly. Do not seek a peace that comes merely from a steady paycheck or a kindly manager, for such peace can vanish in an hour. The true peace is the “gospel of peace” with which the Apostle bids you shod your feet, a peace that comes from a virtuous life, from being at war with the devil and therefore at peace with God. When you submit every care to Him, when you refuse to let this trial drive you to despair or compromise, then that peace will stand guard over your mind, no matter what befalls. Do not be like those in Noah’s day, who ate and drank and felt secure until the deluge swept them away. Be watchful, ready for God’s deliverance, whether it tarries or comes suddenly.

You ask for confidence to be restored and strength to trust each day. This strength is not found in forcing God’s hand. Consider how the Lord dealt with His own disciples when some stumbled: He did not flatter them or run after them, but asked, “Will ye also go away?” He compelled no one, yet He drew them by His holy dignity. So in your waiting, do not grow impatient as if you could command the Almighty. He is not a servant to be summoned; He is the Master who brings the right door at the right hour. The meeting with the recruiter, pray for it, yes, but hold even that prayer loosely. For God’s timing is like the sudden birth pangs that seize a woman while she laughs, unaware. He may open the door today, or He may keep it shut a long while to teach you to lean not on any earthly support.

And when you face the daily struggle to remain in a positive environment, remember Job. When Satan stripped him of all and then used his own wife to say, “Curse God and die,” he answered, “Thou speakest as one of the foolish women.” How often calamity makes the soul prone to impatience, and the soft voice of a tempting thought whispers that God has forgotten you! Reject that voice. Favor with managers is uncertain; their hearts are in God’s hand, but your own heart must be established in grace. Pray for them, as you do, but more earnestly pray that you yourself may shine as a light in that place, adorning the gospel by your steadfastness.

This trial is not meant to crush you but to free you from trust in uncertain riches and to remove you into heaven while you still walk the earth. Let your request be made known to God with thanksgiving, and then leave it there. The angels’ song is “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” That peace is yours when you count whatever comes as a gift from your Father, when you love Him more than any job, and when you learn to say with the Apostle, “I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.”