Stargazer

Submitted by stargazer on Thu, 02/04/2010 - 15:25

It’s been a while since I blogged, but I have some good news. After losing my job again (fourth time in last 3 years), I took a leap of faith – supported by my wonderful husband, and accepted part time work. The money is low, but the extra time means I could take a second job working for an agency, doing Care Work. Again, the money is low!

I should by rights have been going for an interview with a leading bank for a great job, the day I went for my first training session with the agency.

How could I make the decision to turn my back on my life’s work and pursue this other path? Well, it’s like this. My head was taking me down the old route, but my heart was pulling me down the new one, and I needed guidance.

My dear Sister in the Lord told me “you’ll make a great carer, but till you’ve prayed about it, I can’t support your decision either way. You need to ask the Lord for guidance.”

The Lord led me to the scriptures where Michal was laughing at David who was dancing and praising the Lord, at the return of the Ark. In my version, it says she was bitter in her heart about it. I had asked the Lord to show me a scripture which would tell me whether to follow my heart or my head. The scripture then says that David told her that he had been chosen to take over the Kingship, by the Lord, rather than Michal’s father, Saul. When you look at how David was chosen, it is amazing.

All his brothers were smarter, taller, stronger, more handsome – but David was chosen – which surprised even his own father, the one who would have known him better than anyone. And how was he chosen? He was chosen by G-d, over everyone else, because He knew what was in David’s heart. Wow. My Sister told me she knew this to be confirmation that I was to follow my heart, and instead of being torn in two and tossed in the stormy waves, I felt completely at peace about my decision.

So, now I am in the midst of this career change. We have less income, but a few changes have meant that we are managing. The scriptures tell us that ‘The Lord IS our Shepherd and we WILL NOT want for anything’ and I now know this to be true. Our Abba – Father – Daddy has one thing on His heart – to give us life abundantly rich in His blessing. Sometimes all we need to do is take that leap of faith, rest in His love and wait.

I love my new job. And I am meeting so many more lovely people. If you are interested, I will tell you more stories of how I have dealt with major decisions in my life in this way. I do know that Abba has put His fingerprint on my life in so many ways.

You know the scripture from 1 Corinthians where Paul says that we are running a race and our crown is imperishable – well I looked up this passage and in Greek and it explains that we are contending for the prize – and will come across struggles. With our Father, Ruach Kadesh (Holy Spirit) and Yeshua (Jesus) with us, though, who can come against us and win!!

My love to you, in Yeshua’s name.

Evette

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