Tuesday, August 4, 2009
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The Lord has sworn, 'Surely, as I have planned, so it will be.'
Monday was something of a day. On Friday, I had stopped my Chinese classes so I could focus on my interviews and finding a job. Therefore, this was my first day of full-time job-seeking. I began the day with an extended time reading the Bible and praying. God must have been preparing me for what lay ahead. For upon returning from lunch, I realized I had left my key inside the house along with my cell phone. Thankfully, I had my friends business card in my wallet so I could get the spare key, but this required I go across town to meet him. This shortened the time I had to get to my interview that day. Nevertheless, it seemed I would have enough time. So I got back in my house, changed clothes, and set off for the interview.
Now this journey took much longer than expected. It was much farther out, and I had to ask three or four people for directions. There were very few street signs out in this district, and those only in Chinese characters with no Romanization. One woman I asked for help offered to take me there on her scooter. This would have been quite the sight, for she already four large bags of groceries with her. I don’t know where I would have put myself on her scooter, but she still wanted to give me a ride. Suffice it to say, I made to the interview, but an hour late. Then, in my teaching demo for the interview, the children got out of control for a time. By human standards, this was a rather horrendous day.
So how do I respond? Thankfully, this day I was reminded of God’s power to achieve his purposes. God can move nations, surely he can accomplish his work where I am. Asa, king of Judah, understood this when he prayed, “LORD, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, LORD our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this vast army. LORD, you are our God; do not let mere mortals prevail against you” (2 Chronicles 14:11). So I will continue to trust in God to provide for me as I seek him and endeavor to be faithful to the tasks at hand. I can trust in the promise that God will accomplish his purposes, “The LORD Almighty has sworn, ‘Surely, as I have planned, so it will be, and as I have purposed, so it will happen’ ” (Isaiah 14:24).
Now this journey took much longer than expected. It was much farther out, and I had to ask three or four people for directions. There were very few street signs out in this district, and those only in Chinese characters with no Romanization. One woman I asked for help offered to take me there on her scooter. This would have been quite the sight, for she already four large bags of groceries with her. I don’t know where I would have put myself on her scooter, but she still wanted to give me a ride. Suffice it to say, I made to the interview, but an hour late. Then, in my teaching demo for the interview, the children got out of control for a time. By human standards, this was a rather horrendous day.
So how do I respond? Thankfully, this day I was reminded of God’s power to achieve his purposes. God can move nations, surely he can accomplish his work where I am. Asa, king of Judah, understood this when he prayed, “LORD, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, LORD our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this vast army. LORD, you are our God; do not let mere mortals prevail against you” (2 Chronicles 14:11). So I will continue to trust in God to provide for me as I seek him and endeavor to be faithful to the tasks at hand. I can trust in the promise that God will accomplish his purposes, “The LORD Almighty has sworn, ‘Surely, as I have planned, so it will be, and as I have purposed, so it will happen’ ” (Isaiah 14:24).
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