Work & Vocation
I have just finished studying and I have no idea what job to go for. Everyone else seems to have a plan and I do not.
“Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.”
David prays this as a man under active threat and genuinely unsure of his next move, not as a beginner asking for gentle direction. The repeated request is to be taught rather than simply told, which assumes a process rather than an announcement. Guidance in this psalm arrives through being led over time, which is slower and less dramatic than most of us want.
“And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.”
Luke mentions almost in passing that Paul made tents alongside Aquila and Priscilla to support himself in Corinth. The most significant missionary of the first century had a trade and used it, without treating it as a detour from his real work. Ordinary employment funding and shaping a life is presented here as entirely normal rather than a failure to launch.
A path forward
Take the best job available now rather than holding out for the right one. Movement generates information, and waiting mostly generates anxiety.
Have three conversations this month with people ten years into work you find interesting, and ask what their week actually looks like.
Ask a few people at church who have known you a long time what they see you being good at. Others often notice gifts before we notice them ourselves.
Closing verse
“A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.”
- Proverbs 16:9
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