It happened over two decades ago, but it feels like yesterday. I knew it was time to leave the church where I’d served for three and a half years. But I didn’t have an exit strategy.
“No problem,” I thought. “I’ll just put out some feelers while I decide what to do.” A week later my pastor called me into his office, “David, one of our deacons has a wife who’s the assistant manager at Kmart. She wondering why you applied for a job there. Is everything okay?“
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At that moment, it hit me like a brick: I was facing a major life decision and hadn’t even talked to God about it. The next morning, my Bible fell open to Isaiah.
Let him who walks in the dark and has no light, trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God, But now, all you who light fires and provide yourselves with torches, go, walk in the light of your fires and of the torches you have set ablaze. This is what you shall receive from my hand: You will lie down in torment.
Isaiah 50: 10b-11 (NIV)
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Kind reader, has this happened to you? Like me, have you searched in the dark instead of waiting for God’s light? The scripture above was like a bucket of cold water over my head. It prompted me to trust God, like He said, until a position at another church opened up two months later.
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
James 4:10 (NIV)
Thank you for reading. 🙏❤️ prayers and love.
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