[Hebrews 11:6]

What inspiring stories you both tell! You both bless my heart with your faith, in the way you trust God to carry you through the fire. In your own ways, you are Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the fiery furnace, and Daniel in the lions’ den, and Esther risking all in facing down Haman. How your faith has grown through these trials, so that now you can and do encourage others! Surely, I look forward to meeting you both personally in the “sweet by-and-by” and learning more of your journey to greater and greater faith. You’ve both learned through extremely personal challenges just how reliable, in love and power, our Lord really is.

Permit me to share my very different story—it might add perspective to yours. Although I had a crazy father for a “boss” and one or two job-bosses who were difficult, essentially I’ve been extraordinarily blessed. My first main boss became my mother in the faith, leading me to the Lord through prayer, witnessing, and finally sending me to an evangelical conference where I believed. You would both, I suspect, be astonished, given your experiences, to meet someone like that, but since she’s a believer, meet her you will, someday.

Unmistakeable miracles were happening to me, so that I was very aware of the Lord’s hand at every step; indeed, I met my future wife the same week I met the Lord—it was as though He said, “Now that Dan’s a believer, we need to mate him up, quickly!” Looking back I could certainly see that God had steered me to that boss in the first place. And miracles continued occurring. Twenty-three years ago I needed a new job, and again it miraculously appeared: God provided this job. As it happens, I’m the president of a company owned by another, and often many months go by without any contact at all between my and my boss (who is not a believer, by the way). He trusts me and leaves me alone almost completely as long as I produce, so in that sense it is very unlike your situations. Again, I’m contrasting my position with yours.

But note this. God got me this job, so only God can take me out of it! I’m 63 and might consider retiring soon if not for that, but only God can tell me how long to stay in this spot where He put me. I’ve told this to those who might be my heir-apparents, so they know there’s no timetable (unless they bump me off) when I might leave so one of them might take over.

We can trust Him for our jobs, our bosses, our retirement--for our everything. To Him be all praise and honor and glory!

[MonicaG]

Thank you Hebrews 11:6! I love your story. The enemy lies and tells us we’re worthless and that it will be impossible to find a good job situation but it’s a liar and God blesses us beyond imagination. I am glad we can encourage each other.

[stilloftyhenight]

Thank you for your wonderful encouragement, Brother. :)