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Could your part-

higher calling?

What is your current job situation? There could be any number of answers to that question. I

remember my last day at work before I was made redundant. The morning started off well

when my boss (soon to become my ex

and a bagel just before the meeting. He had probably caught wind of what was to come.

As twenty of us sat around the board room table, a director read from a restructuring

document; and since my job title

been unceremoniously dumped after 9 years loyal service.

sucked.

Warning! – hazard ahead…

The point I want to make is that our careers, in fact, our lives in gene

scene from the film Speed, where Sandra Bullock is travelling at a constant 50 miles per hour

along a motorway. Apart from the small fact that there was a bomb attached to the engine, all

appeared fine. I mean, what could go wrong w

them? As you probably know the film, you also know that the bus was careering towards an

incomplete section of road, which

grave.

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-time role release you to a

What is your current job situation? There could be any number of answers to that question. I

remember my last day at work before I was made redundant. The morning started off well

my boss (soon to become my ex-boss), for the first ever time, bought me a coffee

and a bagel just before the meeting. He had probably caught wind of what was to come.

s twenty of us sat around the board room table, a director read from a restructuring

since my job title didn’t feature on her list, it quickly dawned on me that I had

been unceremoniously dumped after 9 years loyal service. Think boiled sweets

The point I want to make is that our careers, in fact, our lives in gene

scene from the film Speed, where Sandra Bullock is travelling at a constant 50 miles per hour

along a motorway. Apart from the small fact that there was a bomb attached to the engine, all

appeared fine. I mean, what could go wrong with a nice empty stretch of motorway in front of

them? As you probably know the film, you also know that the bus was careering towards an

, which would result in the bus and its occupants falling to a fiery

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time role release you to a

What is your current job situation? There could be any number of answers to that question. I

remember my last day at work before I was made redundant. The morning started off well

bought me a coffee-to-go

and a bagel just before the meeting. He had probably caught wind of what was to come.

s twenty of us sat around the board room table, a director read from a restructuring

it quickly dawned on me that I had

Think boiled sweets – yes, it

The point I want to make is that our careers, in fact, our lives in general, can feel like that

scene from the film Speed, where Sandra Bullock is travelling at a constant 50 miles per hour

along a motorway. Apart from the small fact that there was a bomb attached to the engine, all

ith a nice empty stretch of motorway in front of

them? As you probably know the film, you also know that the bus was careering towards an

in the bus and its occupants falling to a fiery

Faith in God’s provision

You have to go a long way nowadays to find a subject that will test our faith in God’s

provision for our lives more than our employment situation. I started off this blog by asking:

what is your current job situation? Well, according to government figures (May 2012), many

workers in the UK, to be precise 1.77 million, probably feel like Sandra Bullock on that

doomed bus. This is the number of underemployed people in the UK, who are working part-

time but would rather be working full-time and earning more.

I have no doubt that God is using our employment as a way of deepening our levels of faith

and trust in Him, and I can truly say that 3 years on from losing my job, the Lord has definitely

provided for us financially. Scripture never denies that life will sometime resemble a boiled

sweet, but it also promises that those who trust the Lord will not be disappointed.

Psalm 37:3 - Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.

If part-time work is not paying your bills, then I would really encourage you to push-in and

persevere in your prayers for a better paid job. God will not disappoint.

Could this also be an open door?

However, before we rush off to pray for a full-time job, could God be calling you to part-time

work in order to release you into His purposes for your life? All of us are called by God to be

many things such as being an excellent spouse, parent, Sunday school leader etc. Our

career can be a calling, but on the other hand, the job that pays the bills can also facilitate

our main calling. For example, the Apostle Paul was a tent maker and Luke was a doctor but,

for both men, their higher calling was to spread the gospel message.

If you are currently in part-time work, could this be your opportunity to ask God if He was

placed you in this situation in order to release you into your higher calling? If this is so, He will

provide for you in the same way He did for Paul – Acts 18:2-3.

Different kinds of part-time work

There are many different ways you can work on a part-time basis. If you feel that God is

indeed calling you out of full-time work in order for you to enter more fully into His particular

calling for your life, then why not check out the this link for a number of alternative ways you

could work and walk in the fullness of God’s plans and purposes for your life?

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to draw upon their Christian faith and apply it in a practical way to their job situation.

www.want2geton.co.uk Tel: 07503 177126 charles@want2geton.co.uk