God's help with unemployment & spiritual confusion

[Donna30]

Hello
I need great help in this area, I was working at a Laundromat that was bought by new owners who wound up hiring new employees, this was in January 2012, in that same month however, my Father past away & my sister being very callous & greedy, came after me for my Dads house where I was living, my Dad died without a will to protect me from her & due her harassment, I had to move later that year, it took up until early 2013 to get everything resolved because of other unexpected legal problems that arose. By mid-2013, when everything settled down, I spent that time up until today assisting my Mom (she cant drive & has health problems) with her doctors appointments & housework etc.. to keep busy. Financially I'm good, as I have been working prior to 2012 for 19 years and was always good with my finances. I've applied to dozens & dozens of jobs during that time up until today and no response, I suspect the unemployment gap for the reason, however these jobs are unaware that it was due to family & legal issues. I have enrolled in volunteer work at a charity organization and also am now trying to apply to be a volunteer at my local hospital to keep busy & hopefully get experience & maybe get an offer of employment there. My problem is this, I feel that Im in habitual sin by not working and therefore not saved. Also I think what the problem is, is that maybe I am putting too much trust into having a job, as the reason for rightness with the Lord, rather than just trusting on His shed blood alone for all that, which I suspect is maybe the reason nothing is opening. Maybe God is not opening anything up for that reason, to tell me that I need to be resting & trusting on Jesus alone and not my walk with the Lord. But that is my confusion, I feel like Im in sin that hasn't been repented of & yet Im trying so hard to get out of it.

 

[Brighthouse]

Good sister Donna30 It sounds to me that what the Lord is looking to teach you in your own life no less,is the large difference between works and grace! Grace is defined from the Word it self as meaning this to me sis. You cannot earn this,nor work for it,look at grace as Christmas day sis,the free gift you open, you did not pay for,the gift was free! You had nothing to do with receiving it! Jesus gave us all this as a most wonderful present!( eph 2:8-10!!) After receiving any gift, do you have to work on this gift to keep it?( rom 11:29)

Now what you do with the gift you receive is up to you! I vote you share this gift, which Holy Spirit in you is doing by you volunteering in the hospital,but this does not mean you are earning what you receive,this means you are sharing the gift you have received! Hence what I believe the Lord is looking to show you! As far as your job goes,when you endure( heb 10:36) and learn some much needed lessons the Holy Spirit is looking to teach you,you will be ready for a new job,knowing that it is not the job which saves us,it is rather the love and grace of Jesus giving you that job and sharing his grace to others that bears fruit from ones own salvation!

No job has any power in salvation,for no job could ever work to bring this free gift to anyone! No job suffered blood,no job was nailed to any tree. Over some years in your life it occurs to me,that because you have suffered so much,and have endured so much as it is,that you control your own grace. We do not control what we did not earn ourselves sis! Perhaps you have been out of the bible to long,and Holy Spirit in you is staving for the Word again in your life!

When i was out of work for a while myself,i had lessons to learn as well! And when I stayed in Holy Spirit School as i like to call it. LOL( 1 john 2:27) And I knew in my heart that no job would ever keep me from his Word again, I received my reward!( heb 11:6) I was Led by Holy Spirit to seek a night auditor job in a Hotel,i went there and was told there was no job opening to be filled at this time.3 days later i went back,still the same answer,i then fasted and prayed,because i really believed God wanted me for this job,upon the second evening of the second day,Holy Spirit said fear not, remember my Word my son!! ( 2 cor 4:16-18)

After the third day of fasting and praying I came out of there with no more doubt! ( this is what Jesus was telling his disciples in matt 17:19-21!) A week later i went back to hear the same thing! i left there praising the Lord for the job they just did not know I had with them!! LOL The 3rd day of that week i went back! This time the manger who had be seeing this, all this time came up to me. He said for almost 3 weeks now you have come here, only to get the same response, but still you come here?? You must really wish to work for us, so as of today I am going to hire you!

If you refuse no enough times the answer will come back yes! Because Jesus knows we are using HIS faith upon our lives, and for believing,comes receiving!!( heb 11:6) I did not earn the job sister,I was depending on God's love for me, and his grace for the job! I was believing upon what HE gave me!! So shall be the same for you,if you become willing to learn the difference between our works,and his grace! Works are done, because we have the root of Jesus love in us!!( eph 3:17-19!!!) Our work? To water,or to believe in what Jesus has already done for us! May this both comfort you sister,and build you up to know that all!! YES ALL, who love the Lord believe the Lord,and all who believe are loved by the Lord!!( proverbs 8:17!!!) God Bless you sis! God is so good,because God is so very good!( psalm 27:13) Has nothing to do, with what we deserve,for in fact,LOl we already know what we really should get!