Earlier on in the year, I decided to quit my dead-end job. I took a couple of weeks off and returned to the UK to take a
break and figure out what I wanted to do next. Moving back to the UK was very
much an option but I soon realised that it would have been a classic ‘frying pan to fire’ scenario seeing as
I had lived in the UK for pretty much most of my adult life and I had seen that
career prospects (because of my profession) were much better here in Nigeria.
I did the usual thing. Job application after job
application. Yes of course I got a few offers here and there but nothing seemed
to really come close to what exactly I wanted. It was the same old sort of
jobs. On a few occasions, I would decide to settle but then I’d get this gut feeling
in me telling me to ‘just wait’, ‘be
patient’. Eventually and sometime in June, I made up my mind to just hand
everything over to God and I don’t just mean that in a passive sort of way. I
mean like actually and literally just give.it.all.to.Him.
The first day of July, I decided to officially dedicate that
entire month to him. July is a very special month for me. Two things; it’s the
seventh month of the year and the number ‘7’ represents perfection and it is
also my birthday month. I asked Him for just one birthday present; to give me
the job I want. I just knew within me that God was going to perfect all that
concerned me. He is a Perfect God. Psalm
18 verse 30; 'This God – His way is perfect, the word of the Lord proves true,
he is a Shield for all those who take refuge in Him'. That month of July, I
came to understand perfectly Isaiah 55 verse 8 which says ‘For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways
declares the Lord’. Simply put, God’s ways are certainly not our ways.
I prayed fervently (in my own way) and told God everything I
wanted and the sort of job I was looking for; even down to the very minor details such as location, work hours etc. I knew where I was coming from so to
me, these things were actually very important. I wanted to be happy and most of
all, I wanted peace of mind. It was tough but waiting on Him was well worth it.
He heard me. Oh boy, He certainly heard me. In the last week of July, I got an
offer of employment. And the cherry on top of it all was that it was what I
wanted. I get to do what I know how to do best but most of all, in an industry
in which I am genuinely passionate about. Furthermore, the so called ‘minor details’ I had asked God for
were all part of the package. What struck me the most was that my contract of
employment was actually dated ‘July 31st’, a day after my birthday. This God – His way is indeed perfect. I
have come to learn that He is never too late and never too early either. He is
always just on time. And that applies to every area of life if you truly
believe in Him.
Today’s devotional reading inspired this blog post. It talks
about learning to wait. These days, no-one ever wants to wait for anything. We
see it every day in life. Truth is; what
God does in you while you are waiting is often more important than what you are
asking God to do. You better believe that. Waiting on God satisfies you on
a much higher level than anything else would. However, like in my case, you may
not necessarily understand that in the beginning but rest assured in the fact
that the rewards will be well worth it in the end.
Let me take you back to my
second to the last post titled ‘Day 2’, I had a few prayer points at the end of
that post and one of them was that God would help me learn how to seek His Kingdom first and
foremost above all others because that is indeed the best foundation to have.
Now I understand very well why this is essential. Psalm 37 verse 4 says ‘Delight yourself in the Lord and He will
give you the desires of your heart’. When you focus on Him on a deeper
level, all other things will be added. It is guaranteed. The Bible guarantees it.
Numbers 23 verse 19 says ‘God is not a
man, so He does not lie. He is not human, so He does not change his mind. Has He
ever spoken and failed to act? Has He ever promised and not carried it through?’
Think about that for a minute.
Also in that blog post, my first prayer
point says it all. This, people, is how I know God is indeed perfect. Need I
say more? So please, chill out, relax, learn to WAIT on God and He will come
through in ways you cannot even begin to imagine.
FNLP, xoxo
