God moves in the little things

Like I have stated before, this will not become a diary for me. However, if God moves, I feel compelled to bring it up.

I recently started working at a new job. This job was an answer to prayer in ways that are too numerous to list. But, there are two examples of God at work in this.

(1) Back in August, I sent a request out to a number of men in the church for prayer and advice on a few points, one of them being our budget. We were about $650 short every month. This new job, with the Lord at work, is exactly that amount more per month.

(2) When I was offered the job, the new company's needs were immediate. They would have been perfectly happy with me going into the current emplyer and quitting on the spot. Understandably so. I have taken over the finances for them and they are in need of help. However, I felt very strongly that I was to at least make myself available for a two-week notice at the current job. Even after getting advice to ignore that feeling and just quit, I had to follow my convictions and what I felt the Lord was prompting me to do. I felt that I represented more than myself. I felt that since my co-workers at the old job knew I was a Christian, this would represent Christ.

I stuck to my conviction and decided to press on with the offer to work a notice. IN the end, God honored this and I left the old company with good relationships and started the new job on the right foot. This is in no way to be misunderstood as me giving myself a spiritual pat on the back. I was shaken to my core over this issue and did not know how this would play out. But, a conviction is a conviction. We have to stand by them.

My son saw this. He recognized the struggle that mom and dad were going through and even offered a prayer that was spot on, with no prompting from us. I am as happy about that than anything. The Lord allowed me to model Himself to my son. There are few things that can bring this sort of joy to a man.

John