Wednesday, May 21, 2014

The way we choose with GOD....

When we cannot see our way
Let us trust and still obey
HE who bids us forward go
Cannot fail the way to show

 Though the sea be deep and wide...
Though a passage seem denied
Fearless let us still proceed
Since the LORD vouchsafes to lead
                        
                                    - Anonymous

Sunday, May 11, 2014

Jobs, Careers and GOD

I had this post in mind for a very very long time now... because a few people who are so close to my heart, have eeither been looking for jobs, or have been searching for a job that truly satisfies. Whatever be the situation you find yourself in, I pray this post will bless you.

For most of it, my life has been a struggle, like everybody elses. At one time, I so wanted to be a teacher. I worked very hard towards it. I tried so much to get into a very presigious teacher's training institutes in my city. But my application was rejected on the grounds of ill-health even though I wasn't ill. So I got discouraged and gave up that dream.

Then I wanted to be a chef. But dad who is a veteran in the Hotel Industry, wouldn't let me pursue that. I gave in after a long hard fight with him.

There came a time when I considered social service as a choice for career. Soon that didn't go anywhere. In my heart I always knew I wanted a job that would make a lasting difference. But didnt quite know what it was, or how to move ahead that road.

The year I graduated in Pychology and History, mum enrolled me into a course of Human Resource Management. I didn't understand half the things they spoke about. I was least interested. Yet I went through the whole course. Somehow I did well...

So from here began my quest for a job that would truly satisfy me. Something that gives life purpose and meaning. For the next 10 years I worked, outperformed at every level in my corporate career, but didn't experience the joy of a job that satisfies one's soul.

Why am I telling you all this ??

Because I know of someone who helped me and is ever willing to help you!

2 years ago I heard the testimony of an aspiring basket ball player. He trained hard and did all he could to make it on a team. But on the opening night, because of a fowl (or something like that), he injured his ankle. Doctors said he could never play professional basket ball again.
He said he wept... On his knees he asked GOD to work HIS divine will out for his life. Even as he prayed that, he was afraid that GOD's will could be to send him on a missionfield in China. And he thought he could have been martyred there or persecuted by the Chinese for sharing the Gospel. So he prayed, JESUS give me a job I'd enjoy as much as basket ball !
And yes, GOD answered that prayer... today Bill Alexon is the Chaplain for the Boson Celtics NBA Team... He enjoys every micro-second of his job and he gives GOD all the glory !

I prayed that prayer, when I first welcomed JESUS into my life. And HE answered my prayer too !!!

Do you know what I do today for a living?
I work for an NGO supporting street boys in the city of Mumbai. I have been able to use the things I learned in Management college, and the skills I acquired through those 10 boring years to make a lasting difference. I teach Sunday School and love it to crumbs. I return from work tired and satisfied, fulfilled and excited !!!

If you are where I was 4 years ago, would you try JESUS? Would you give HIM your life, and I promise you, HE will give it back more meaningful... Ask HIM today to give you a job, a career that will use your talents. The kind that you'd enjoy as much as basket ball :-)

Romans 8:28 For we know that GOD works all things together for the good of those who love HIM and for those wo are called according to HIS purposes.

1Corinthians 2:9 No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has percieved what GOD has prepared for those who love HIM.

Many Prayers,
Plakilla