Timing is Everything!

I was heartsick. I had put in dozens of job applications and not one had called me. My current full-time job as a church secretary was ending soon. I had to find something. I was the sole bread-winner in our family of five.

What in the world was I going to do? Didn't God care?

Desperate to find something - anything - I picked up a little freebie weekly newspaper called the Monday's Pub that mainly catered to people in the county north of me. I started reading the Help Wanted section with little hope. Most of the jobs that were ever in this paper was for CNAs or truck drivers. I didn't have any qualifications for either.

Maybe, I thought, there might be some kind of home health helper that would train me. I had little desire to do that type of work; but I had hungry mouths to feed.

Wait! There was a little box at the bottom of the last page advertising a position with a church in Jonesboro. Hey! They wanted a secretary. I was a church secretary. I had the training and the skills. Could this be what God had for me?

I dropped my resume in the mail at the little rural post office I passed on my way to the job I had for a few more days.

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This post was written for Five Minute Friday, a community that challenges writers to free-write for 5 minutes on a prompt. This week's prompt, "timing," immediately brought to mind a story I have told before, but now I want to showcase God's timing.

I have written for 5 minutes, but stay tuned for the rest of the story!

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Later, that same day, the Pastor from the church in Jonesboro called me. He said he had just checked the church mailbox and my resume was there.

This had to be God because how can a piece of mail dropped in a little town 15 miles away get delivered by noon that same day to another post office? Nowadays, this can never happen because all mail at rural post offices has to go to St. Louis before they can go to any other post office.

Pastor asked if I could come in that afternoon for an interview. Why, yes! Yes, I can. My current church would be happy to let me off early.

By the end of the day, I had the job. As I was leaving pastor's office, he casually remarked, "So glad you saw the ad. We had run it twice before and got no response. This was the last time we were going to run it before trying something else."

Timing is everything!

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It's really hard to trust and wait on God's timing. I get it. But God promises strenth while we are waiting.

Can I pray with you about waiting on God?

Wait on the Lord; 

Be of good courage,

And He shall strengthen your heart; 

Wait, I say, on the Lord! 

Psalm 27:14 NKJV

Abba,

 

You know how difficult it is for Your children to wait! Even though we know going on ahead of Your timing is not a wise choice, sometimes we can’t stop ourselves!

 

We want to be brave and wait for You, Lord, but we need You to give us the strength to wait. Show us, Lord, Your perspective on things. I know if we could see things the way You see them, we would be much more patient. But on the other hand; maybe we couldn’t handle seeing things the way You see them!

 

I think the heart of every believer ultimately wants to please You. Help us keep that goal as our focus. I know You will fulfill Your word to us! The promise is sure. We stand on Your word.

 

In Jesus’ name I pray; may many come to You today. So be it, amen.

Adapted from a previous post. All photos created in PicMonkey by Jerralea using personal, family and stock photos. Please do not copy. 

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