One thing I have learnt over the past few years is to understand the art of waiting on God and God’s timing for things to come to pass in our lives. Know that God is not a man that He should lie, neither is He the son of man that He should repent of his word! If He said it, It will surely come to pass in HIS time not YOUR time. He knows our beginning and our end! He has it all planned out for us! All you need to do is to trust Him and let Him do it! Easier said than done right?? that I know for sure but when you learn to trust Him and wait on Him with peace in your heart knowing that what He said will come to pass! Life will be soo much easier. No amount of worrying, crying or stressing will change your situation. But you can choose to go through it miserably and depressed or go through that situation with God’s peace and enjoy the ride.
Ecclesiates
3:1 says that To every thing
there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. When you read further down to the verse 11 of that
same chapter it tells us that He
hath made every thing beautiful in his time. Notice it says in
HIS time nor OUR time.
It
can be so difficult at times to wait and stand by these scriptures when times
get tough. Especially when it seems like everything is happening for everybody
else but nothing is changing in your life. You are always the one who prays for
people, the one your friends run to when in trouble and the one to advice
people but yet when it comes to your own situations it seems like things
are going from bad to worse . And you wonder Lord, why is it that when I pray
for people, stand and agree with people it works for them? Even going further,
you’re the one that always has a word for people, a confirmation for someone
and when it comes to you no one has anything? Is that your story? Well you are
so not alone in this because there are many people going through the same thing
daily including myself.
As
these questions piled up in my mind I asked God why it was so and the Holy
Spirit brought to my heart these two scriptures( Ecclesiates 3:1,11). And
as I asked him to elaborate He brought me back to the season where I was
looking for a job. Let me share a quick testimony with y’all and you’ll
understand better.
I
graduated from university end of August 2011 as a Diagnostic Radiographer.
A diagnostic Radiographer is not the studies of radios like many people
told me they thought it was!lol! For those of you who don’t know, a
diagnostic radiographer is a radiologic technologist who uses x-rays, ultrasound and other
forms of imaging technology to examine patients.
I had major surgery in September 2011 and after recovering
from that surgery I was applying for jobs all over the UK with no success, had
a few interviews but the hospitals those interviews were in were too
far away from home so I kept on applying. Then at end of November 2011 I was
offered an interview in a major hospital in London not too far from where I
lived so I would be able to see my family more often compared to my uni days.
When I saw the e-mail with the details of that interview, the Holy Ghost
immediately told me that I was going to move to London and that, that job was mine. So as I went to
that interview I went in confident that by God’s grace I would have the job.
Went to the interview and everything went great, they were impressed with my
personal statement and my experience. I left that interview
confident that I had the job. Then 4 days later I received a letter saying that
unfortunately I didn’t get the job. I was so discouraged and thought Lord but
I’m sure that you told me that that job was mine! Why have I been rejected??
Doubt started creeping in and I thought maybe I didn't hear right! So I picked
myself up and thought well let’s move on and keep applying. Then two weeks
later I got a phone call from the manager of that hospital asking me if I
received the rejection letter and then I really thought “Are you actually
serious??? You’ve already rejected me and now you want to rub it in my face???”
( I didn’t say it! lol! Don't start panicking and say"Oh No she
didn't!lol! I just thought it!loool!) I told him that I did, he then told
me that I wasn’t shortlisted for the permanent position but that they would
like to offer me a one year contract starting end of January 2012 that will be
extended to a permanent one
depending on my performance. You can imagine that by then I was OVER THE
MOON!!!! I thought WOW! God!! It is truly not over until you say it is!! Now
you must think what a great story but there’s more to it! 7 months into my job,
a student I was mentoring asked my manager which radiographer he should go to
for tips and advice on interviews and the manager told him “ In the last panel
we interviewed the best
interviewee was Valencia, her interview performance was the best out of all the other candidates”. Now when
the student came back and told me, I asked myself if I was the best interviewee
out of all the other candidates why didn’t I get the job first time?? Then the
Holy Ghost said to me because it wasn’t your time to start working yet! I had
been working so hard over my uni years not only studying but being one of the
leaders in a student fellowship on campus, I hadn’t had much time to just rest.
So God delayed it so that I could rest! In total I had a 7 month break in which
I spent time seeking God and time with my family and friends! Now a year later
I’m officially a permanent member of staff!
Let
my testimony encourage you! Whatever you are facing don’t you worry but wait on
God for his time is the best! It didn’t make sense until 7 months in the job
why I didn’t get it first time. It not only applies to jobs but also marriage,
children, business anything you’ve been waiting on God for! Know that He will
indeed make everything BEAUTIFUL (Flawless, special, amazing) in HIS own time.
What you are going through now might not make sense now but later it will TRUST
ME! There’s an old school song that says “He’s an on Time God…. He may not
come when you want it but He’ll be there right on time”.
In
your season of waiting don’t let the enemy rob you from resting in God or even
rob you of your joy! Let the peace of God that compasses all understanding
guard your heart and mind through Christ Jesus (Phillipians 4:7). Ask God to
give you perfect peace in the midst of your storm and your wait and as He did
it for me He will surely do it for you!
Be
encouraged y’all!
Love
you all and God loves you more
Valencia
