Testimony Corner: Enduring the Process

In November 2019, I was blessed to receive a job that I prayed to God for. I believed this job was one of my Kingdom assignments, and I was excited to partner with God to see His will be fulfilled in the earth. Within a few months of beginning this new assignment, Covid-19 plagued the world.

Not only was I alone in a new city without the support of family or friends, but I was also under tremendous stress and pressure at work. Even though there were many days that I wanted to quit and return home, I chose to honor my commitment and endure through the adversity because I believed God had a bigger purpose. 

When my term at that job came to an end, I didn’t know what was next. All I knew was that I had suffered enough! I packed up my bags and moved back home with my mom. I figured I would take some time to rest, reset, and seek God about my next career move. Even though I faced criticism because I hadn’t secured another job before leaving my previous one, I was able to move forward in faith because I trusted that God would order my steps, as He did before. However, as the period of waiting on an answer from God lasted longer than I anticipated, I began to get weary. It was one thing to keep trusting God despite the opinions of others, but it was a daily fight to not let the internal doubt move me from my position of praying, trusting, and waiting on Him. 

As I continued to seek the Lord for guidance regarding the next chapter of my life and how to continue in the hope I had when I first started, He consistently pointed me back to Him. In the process of waiting on God’s answer, my focus shifted from knowing His next move, to knowing His heart toward me and growing in relationship with Him. The knowledge of His character, and His love for me, became my anchor when I felt like I didn’t understand or couldn’t fully see His plan. It was through my suffering, that I learned how to trust God at a deeper level than I had ever trusted Him before. 

I ultimately received the new job that I had been praying for, and the Lord sustained me financially during the period that I wasn’t employed. Glory to God! But my biggest takeaway was the lesson that I learned in the process. Whether we find ourselves facing hardship at work or are struggling to patiently wait on an answer from God, whether we are seeking relational restoration in our marriages and families or are believing God for healing, I learned that the key to enduring in uncomfortable seasons, or seasons of sufferings when we are doing God’s will is to “hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep His promise” [Hebrews 10:23].