Waiting Upon the Lord

Well I shared in my last post that I had submitted the application for the job that I had heard of on Friday. And now I am feeling kind of anxious and nervous. And I know that I should just give it to God.

It has been a very long time since I have had a "real" job. I have worked off and on for my MIL since about 1993. Off and on because I took about a year and a half leave of absence. During these many years of working there I worked about 10 hours a week give or take a little. During the holidays I worked many more hours. And there were times that I worked several 12 hour shifts in a row - just so we could keep up with the orders. One of the main reasons why I loved my job was that I could be home and be a wife and mother to my children. I home schooled my boys for the last 8 years or so. So it was good for me to be home. And truthfully I would like to continue to work a light load so that I could be home for my family when they needed me, but it seems that if I do not get a job we will just get further into debt. We got $600 in hospital bills and we have a bill from the dentist - for $315. left over from what insurance did not pay on Jason's root canal. Well we do not have extra money to pay these extra bills. I am thankful that my husband has a job that he is able to be off after the surgery with pay.

It is very scary for me to venture out and apply for a new job. And so like I said I have been nervous. Earlier when I was stressing a bit, the thought came to my head that I needed to wait upon the Lord. And so I thought, I will look up that phrase in the Bible and see what I can come up with. One of my favorites:

"But they that wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint." Isaiah 40:31

It is funny because I feel that I have been learning an important lesson lately- well for a while now - that I need to depend upon God. And in this situation - that is all I can really do. I know that I do not have a lot of work experience and glitz and glamour on my application, but maybe that is good because if I get the job - I will know that God is the one that opened the door for me. And if I do not get the job then I will know that it was not God's will for my life and I will continue to ask for His leading.

There are sometimes in life that you just have to take the next step -and sometimes that next step is just to be still and know that God is GOD! And that is great to know.
Here are a few more great verses:

"Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD." Psalms 27:14

"My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him." Psalms 62:5


"I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope." Psalms 130:5

"Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me." Micah 7:7

Last but certainly not least:

"Be still, and know that I am God:" Psalms 46:10a