I had an interview last Friday. Thank you for your prayers.
For clarification purposes, my December interview was with the IPS project lead,
Jon, and this one was with a Serve Asia coordinator, Mandy.
Her questions for me included:
- How I came to have a relationship with God.
- How I pursue spiritual growth.
- How God uses me to nurture others.
- My family.
- My program expectations, both contribution and gain.
- My mental, physical, and emotional state.
- Impediments that would prevent me from serving God with my all out on the mission field.
The interview went smoothly, but I did experience last minute anxiety when Mandy told me Jon would get back with her with a final decision. What?! What if he reneges the offer? I shouldn't have told everyone that I'm moving to Singapore! Fortunately, our prayers before the start and after the conclusion of the interview reminded me that God is in control.
Normally, we seek to impress during interviews. We pray that the questions will be ones we have prepared for or the problems will be similar to what we have practiced. We pray that the interviewer isn't turned off by first impressions, but sees us as a potential investment. We breathe a sigh of relief when we are hired, thankful we've slid past another milestone, thankful for the income.
Yet, it troubles me that many of us find no joy in work. Isn't it supposed to be good and proper for a man to find satisfaction in his toilsome labor under the sun? Isn't it a gift of God to be happy in one's work (Ecclesiastes 5:18-19)? God spent the first six days in creation and took satisfaction when he saw his good work (Genesis 1:1-31).
By deliberately acknowledging God as part of the interview process, we have in our midst the most thorough interrogator of all. He examines the righteous and probes the heart and mind (Jeremiah 20:12). Oddly enough, that's comforting because he takes away the need for presentation and replaces it with the desire to be ... ourselves. He aligns our heart so that we examine our motives, our words.
We were created for God's glory. If we hold a job for the sake of having a job, how are we showing the world that Christianity is more than a doctrine? The average person is not interested in a religion that has nothing to say to the world, even if it is the only way to eternal life. What they do want to know is if there is life now? Can I find joy in work?
Therefore, please lift the entire Serve Asia process into God's capable hands. Please pray for God's timing, his prayer and financial providence. Please pray that I would earnestly seek joy in my every day work.
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