[Friday's Devotional] - I know a man who can!

These devotionals are always written in advance and today it is the hottest Sunday of the year. I am sitting on my balcony amidst a display of spring bulbs which have burst forth into colour, a new season has begun.

I am pleased to testify that God has brought me to a place of breakthrough in my work-life and tomorrow, Monday morning, I will again be smiling as I begin my 3^rd week in my new job and I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT IT – thanks be to God!  I find testimonies as encouraging as scripture, the bible is full of them, so today I am sharing my gratitude.

Hope establishes the goal; faith is the bridge that gets you to it.  There’s no need to build a bridge if you’re not going anywhere.  But if you’re going after something you can’t reach on your own, you need the bridge of faith to get you there.

Incredibly I have a job that was not advertised and I did not even apply for, nor would I have done!  I took my CV to an agency in order to work until the ‘right’ job came along. They called me 2 days later to say a school had seen my CV and were really interested and wanted to chat with me.  On Monday 10^th February I went for an informal chat and came out with an awesome job, as it was term-time only I started with a week’s holiday! – the Lord sure has a sense of humour.

On starting work I had a week’s handover with my predecessor, we had so much in common and I have gained a new friend as well as a new job.  We both became Christians on Alpha, both had been to Africa and Romania on mission, both have a son named Daniel, both worked in the same manner and the list of God-incidences was astounding!  It was a seamless and enjoyable handover, after 16 happy years she was going to a full-time job at an independent school.

I had assumed the school approached the agency but I learnt they never use agency staff.  I discovered the agency had emailed my CV to several schools, as I have 15 years experience in education and previous secretarial experience, I was advertised as ‘Dawn – PA to Headteacher’.   I had never been a Headteacher’s PA nor would I have applied to be!  However, this email caught the attention of my predecessor who thought the agency must have known she was due to leave - they did not – but I know a man who did!  I cannot recount here all the other factors that have made this so remarkable, but all convince me that nothing can thwart God’s plan for our lives.

 

‘Every God-begotten person conquers the world’s ways. The conquering power that brings the world to its knees is our faith. The person who wins out over the world’s ways is simply the one who believes Jesus is the Son of God”
1 John 5:4-5  [The Message]

Dawn Milward