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God spoke to me one day. Loud and clear… "You are going to move somewhere far away."
My job was a nightmare. Actually, my boss was a nightmare. He seemed to want me fired, and to be trying very hard to set me up for it. Things were a mess.
I'd
actually had a string of bosses who'd been difficult to work for, but this one
took the cake. It didn't start out that way, in fact it started out quite
differently. When I'd first arrived for my assignment in Memphis, my boss
and I got along fantastically... in fact, all the bosses in the region were
great. Everyone focused on working together as a team, and doing our
jobs, rather than the petty little things people sometimes spend their time focusing
on instead of their jobs. I remember telling my co-workers if I hit the
lottery I would keep working because I enjoyed my job so much.
That all
changed virtually overnight.
First
one boss, then another, then my own boss were transferred to different positions.
Almost overnight, I had a whole new set of bosses and suddenly I felt as if I
went from "can't do wrong" to "can't do right." I
wondered how the same person, doing the same work, could suddenly find himself
disrespected vs. respected, criticized vs. praised. How could this happen
to me?
Now
I had been languishing now for several years, still not able to figure out what
went wrong. I struggled with boss after boss until I just couldn't see
any hope for the future with this company. I'd never been in this
position before and I didn't see it changing for the better anytime soon.
In fact, I was convinced my best option was to take a company buyout as those
were rumored to be on the horizon.
But
God had a different plan for me. First of all, He saved me. He had
been working on me all along, but I had been resisting. I'd called myself
a Christian all of my life, but had never actually given my life to Christ.
I just lived the way I wanted to live, while still claiming Christ as my
Savior... going to church, yet judging others, claiming I was a good person and
trying to be "good" on my own, my own way. I had claimed Him as
Savior, but I hadn't accepted Him as Lord, and I was living like I
was my own god. Then my life fell apart due to the way I had been living
and He showed me just who I am, a sinner... and the seriousness of my sin.
When
I realized how I had sinned against a holy God and Him alone, I knew I deserved
punishment, I expected punishment. However, what I found was grace, amazing
grace... and the sound was so sweet,...
(Read the rest at Wtness.org)
Steve, Southfield, Michigan
