Job Hunting

Dear Victorious,

I'm unemployed and looking for a job. I've prayed and prayed and frankly am getting tired of praying for a job. What am I doing wrong?

Norma A. - Rockford, IL

Dear Norma,

You've not given me enough information to even speculate as to what - if anything - you might be doing wrong. But when you are searching for a job, a home, a spouse or whatever, it's important to take the right approach.

For instance, maybe you're praying for a job - when you should be praying for God's provision. What exactly are you praying for? And what answer to that prayer are you really expecting? Would you be willing, for example, to be unemployed for a season if that pleases God? If you knew that God wanted to use your period of unemployment to accomplish some part of His will --- would that be okay with you?

Many of us get frustrated when God doesn't meet our expectations. The the challenge we really face is to find contentment in the circumstances that God gives us.