As our savings dwindle and the pressure to find a job that pays the bills mounts, 2 thoughts come to mind:
1) We can still choose.
We can choose to shut out the voices of fear and anxiety and choose to open our hearts to the Saviour's leading and provision. Indeed, He has already been providing and continues to do so. Every extra day that our basic needs are met is evidence of His faithfulness and unchanging love.
2) We've got it the wrong way round.
To paraphrase an article my career coach back home sent me, we are often caught between 2 extremes. Some of us are in a stable job situation and have no time to think about whether this is truly the job for us, where our talents lie, what would give us the greatest satisfaction. We go from day to day commuting to work, paying the bills and coming home, and doing the same thing the next day, and the next. Or we are in between jobs, panicking as the rejections and bills pile up, and perfectly willing to take anything that comes our way, even if it doesn't quite fit in with our long-term career goals. What we should be doing is determining our goals and talents first, then looking for positions that would best align with those goals and talents.
