| Come and See What God has Done... |
| by emmawhat... |
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| �Come and see what God has done, how awesome his works in man�s behalf!� -Psalm 66:5 |
| You know, whenever somebody asks you why you believe in God, all you can really talk about is personal experiences that you�ve had with Him. I mean, yeah, you could try referencing archaeological discoveries that have proven certain parts of the Bible, but what it comes down to is that there is no cold, hard evidence to prove the existence of God or Jesus or their love for us. All I can really say is how very real God has proven Himself in my life and that when He does something in my life, I know it�s Him. I know it because He accomplishes things through me that I could never do on my own and because He gives me a confidence that it was He who did it. It�s a confidence I can�t exactly explain; it�s just that He makes me sure that it�s Him. It�s not a feeling; it�s a knowledge. |
| Anyway, I�d like to share a time when God did something in my life that I couldn�t do on my own� something that I knew for a fact was His work. It happened last summer (2005). I had just finished my junior year as an accounting major in college and had come home planning to find an internship at a local accounting firm. This plan made perfect sense because it fit right in with my long-term career goals. That�s the kind of person I am, after all: logical and deliberate. Well, as I called accounting firm after accounting firm, I kept being told that nobody needed a summer intern (summer is slow season for accountants). |
| At this same time, I had been doing the Experiencing God Bible study. I was learning a lot and starting to feel like God might have something totally different in mind for my summer than what I had planned. I really had no idea what it might be, but I was envisioning some kind of volunteer work. I mentioned this to my |
| mother, but apparently she hadn�t gotten the same message yet, and she strongly encouraged me to keep looking for a �real job.� So I interviewed at a couple of retail places that lost interest in me as soon as they found out I would only be around for the summer. Finally, though, I found out that a local department store liked to hire college students for the summer, so they could be trained and then come back and work during the busy Christmas season. My interview at that store went great: I liked the managers, they seemed to like me. It was sounding really good until the very end when one of the managers suddenly said, �Oh, I see on your application that you don�t want to work on Sundays. We aren�t allowed to even consider anyone who won�t work on Sundays.� My heart sank. |
| If you�ve ever tried to find a summer job in a small town where you don�t really know anybody, then you understand where I�m coming from. Being turned down over and over again is incredibly discouraging and stressful. And I don�t know� I�m sure it would have been different if I needed a job to actually support myself or my family, but I just needed some spending money, and the Bible clearly says to keep the Sabbath day holy by not working on it. I went home and thought and prayed about it but finally decided that in my case, I just couldn�t justify working on Sundays, so I called the department store and told them not to consider me. |