Pam Padgett ... teacher
Psalm 27: 4 One thing have I desired of the
Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the
days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his
temple.
While thinking about
inquiring of God, I recalled something that happened last fall. I had been unhappy in my job for several
months and had been praying about the various problems and asking God what to
do. I had also looked into other jobs,
both at FedEx and in other companies, but found nothing.
Then one
Saturday as I was reading in the Bible, the following stood out to me strongly
…
Micah 2: 10 Arise ye, and depart; for this
is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore
destruction.
I thought God was telling
me to leave my job. However, since this
would be such a big move, I asked Him to please confirm this to me in some
way.
Monday toward the end of the workday, although everything seemed about the
same as on previous days, I recognized anger rising up in me. When I got home the anger continued to
grow. I don’t recall ever having anger
like this … it was like the anger was consuming me, but there was no apparent
reason for the anger. I called out to
God to help me. I told God I didn’t have
any idea what I was angry about and that I really needed Him to help me. This went on for a couple hours. Then, finally, the anger was gone.
I turned to
God and asked what had happened, and was reminded of the last part of Micah 2:10
… because it is polluted, it shall destroy you,
even with a sore destruction. I
believe God was showing me a glimpse of the destruction spoken of in this verse,
confirming that I was to leave my job. I
immediately started the retirement process.
We are so blessed to be able to ask God,
who is all-powerful and all-knowing, what we should do. Then, when we believe we have heard His will
in the matter, we can move forward immediately, knowing that we are being led by
God.