What GOD Taught Me After Losing My Job | Christian Encouragement During Layoffs | John Giftah

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0:41 Speaker 1: Welcome to Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta.

0:45 Speaker 2: Hello everyone, I just want to quickly address something that I believe is so important because we're living in a time and age when so many people are losing their jobs. Or maybe you're looking at people who are losing jobs in your own organization or in your neighborhood, or maybe you're someone who lost the job and you're searching for another organization or an opportunity. I just want you to stay tuned because I believe that I want to share certain experiences as well as words from the Word of God, because I believe these were things that the Lord shared with me and encouraged me through that season, because I want you to understand that as much as people just say, oh, you know what, Oh you lost the job, don't worry, You'll get another one.

1:25 Speaker 2: They just give you these. Don't worry about it. You trust God. You should work hard more, you should try. You know all of these statements people give, and sometimes when you're actually going through that, it doesn't really make sense. It actually makes your questions be more and it makes you feel more angry and frustrated. And because only a person who's going through it will understand the depth of the pain that they are going through. So I just wanted to share from that perspective. First thing, I want to let you know that just because you lost your job does not mean lost your life.

2:01 Speaker 2: Does not mean you lost God's plan away your life. I want you to get this. The Lord we serve, he knows how to keep you at the right place, to keep that as the source for you for a season, and once that job is done, once that assignment is done, once that season is over, he's the one who will lead you out. So just because you lost the job doesn't mean that you've lost it it life. You're not a failure. Just because what you did did not work out does not make you a failure. God never makes anybody a failure.

2:36 Speaker 2: Just because Peter fished all night caught nothing, it didn't make Peter a failure. It just meant that what he did failed at that point of time, but at God's appoint in time, he was able to get ned breaking load of fish. So get this, Sometimes what you did failed, you did your best, you at the spirit of excellence, you went the extra mile, but still you lost a job. But I want you to understand that doesn't make you a failure. Don't allow that job loss caused you to have a dent in your identity. Don't think like, oh my gosh, what am I. I'm a nobody.

3:19 Speaker 2: I don't even have the ability to keep a job, because I still remember the day it happened for me, and I'm walking out, and I'll be honest with you sharing these things. Okay, I remember walking out and as a Christian single, I'm just looking at somebody on the other side, and they immediately say, you don't even have a job, and how dare you look at this person? I was like, just being honest with you. You know, the enemy will immediately put you feel like like even when I would go to the malls, I would feel so embarrassed and a shamed like everybody else has a job and you don't, and it's like the pain and the embarrassment and the shame associated with it can be really really bad.

4:02 Speaker 2: Right. But I want you to understand that that's a way where you can say, God, help me to place my identity not on my job, but on who you made me to be. I might not have an assignment right now, I may not have a job right now, but that doesn't mean that I'm useless. That doesn't mean that I'm worthless, because my worth does not come from my job. It comes from being a child of the King. Okay, that's the first thing I want to say. The second thing I want you to understand is when you look at Elijah from First King, chapter seventeen, Right, there was a moment when God was feeding Elijah through the ravens by a brook.

4:45 Speaker 2: Okay, but I want you to understand when you look at verse seven essays but after a while the brook dried up because there was no rain in the land. So there's a moment when he's being fed by ravens and he's drinking the water by the brook, and what happens the brook dries up. Okay, there are so many revelations we can learn from this. I will talk about it in other podcast segments and all of that. But this is a powerful revelation that the Lot showed me that. When you look at verse eight, then the word of the Lord came to him and said, a rise, go to Zerah Fair, which belongs to sed On, andwell there I have commanded a widow there to feed you.

5:26 Speaker 2: So think about this. When the brook dried for Elijah, he didn't go searching for another brook. He was there un till God gave him another word saying, I would want you to go to this place where I have commanded a widow to feed you. I wanted to think about this. See the minute you lose a job, sometimes we're like, oh, I lost a job. Let me frantically search for another job. I don't care what is the culture, I don't care what the situation is. I don't care the package, I don't care the location. I need a job.

6:00 Speaker 2: So sometimes we walk out under desperation. Prove drying could have been a place where Eleja could have said, oh my goodness, this brook is right. Let me immediately go search for another brook before I don't have any water. What will I do? But he did not operate by what he saw. He operated by what he heard from the voice of God. This is a message for some of you at the moment when you lost a job, or you're about to lose a job, maybe there's a sign that you might lose your job, don't operate under desperation.

6:34 Speaker 2: This is a moment for you to say, you know what, God, what do you want me to do? What do you want me to do in this season? What do you want me to take as a step, Maybe take up some course that the Lord is leading you to, maybe change your domain, maybe change your direction altogether. Maybe the Lord is calling in a totally different direction. Maybe if you're in the nine to five, maybe the Lord is asking you to take a step towards a business that he's been asking you to start for a long time. Or sometimes it may not be like that.

7:07 Speaker 2: It can be God is saying, okay, you know what, you've been in the technical domain for so long. Maybe I'm leading you to go in the hr domain, just giving you an example. Or maybe the Lord is saying, maybe this is the season. I want you to just sit and go through these courses, be prepared and be equipped, learn to trust me. In the season, I'm going to feed you, and at the right time, I will open that next door for you. Maybe the Lord is going to say that because even in this case, Elijah was still not in a place where he could be independent.

7:41 Speaker 2: He had to be dependent. What happened, God fed through the ravens now is saying, you know what, I'm not asking you to be independent now. I want you to be fed by this widow. So get to that place. Even if you lost your job. Maybe this is a beautiful time for you to say, Lord, help me to not waste this time. Just help me to put my best foot forward and getting the best rec you may or getting the best preparation done, that's another part. But help me to also use this time to grow closer to you, to hear your voice closely, so that I will be able to discern your voice in the midst of the noise.

8:22 Speaker 2: And after that I want you to understand is that you go to that place of preparation, you balance, Like I remember when I went through the season, I said God, I don't want to waste this time. I want to take care of my physical body. I want to take care of my mental body. I want to take care of my spiritual body. I spend quality time with the Lord, went deep on my walk with him, learned the scriptures in a deep way, and develop my walk with him. And what else did I do? You know? I was preparing every interview.

8:55 Speaker 2: I made sure that if this was the organization God had for me, I would put my best foot for go with the spirit of excellence, pray in tongues, and even through the interviews, I would just speak and said, God, if this is not of you, close the door. Even if ninety nine jobs close, it's okay. Let the right one open for me. I don't want to waste time on the ninety nine that's not meant for me. I didn't bother. I stood my ground on the convictions. I said, God, I don't want a job that will choke my calling.

9:25 Speaker 2: I want a job that will help me push me towards my purpose. That's a lesson I want you to have. Instead of just moving in desperation, moving out of pressure, moving out of you know that panic mode, go to that place where you allow the spirit of God to lead you, to guide you. Okay, Like I said with Elijah, he didn't operate in that panic mode searching for another brook. He went to that place where he was led by the spirit of God. And that's a beautiful place. I challenge you to go. And after that, I want you to be encouraged that.

10:04 Speaker 2: You may say, John, but there are so many people losing their jobs. How can I be toosy? How can I be in a place where I will stand my conviction I need some job? But can I tell you something, When you wait at the right appointed time, God will open the right doors for you. See when you think about Joseph in the Bible, right there was no position in that time as the prime minister equivalent of Egypt. There was no position like that. But just for Joseph, God prepared a position for him in the palace.

10:38 Speaker 2: See, I want you to understand that's the God be sir. Just for one man, God prepared the second highest position in the most powerful nation in the world of that time, Egypt. You can't make that happen, but God can. What I'm saying is when you trust Him, when you are being you know in the place where you trust the Lord, doing your best, having the spirit of excellence and trusting him and just waiting it out. I want you to understand it's worth the wait, because when God blesses you, he will open a door no man can shut.

11:14 Speaker 2: He will convince the right person to hire you. How did the Pharaoh believe in Joseph enough to say, even though Joseph was only a convict from the prison at that point of time, How did the Pharaoh believe in Joseph so much that he said, you know what, I'm going to make you in charge of everything in the kingdom. How did he trust him? That's God same way the right manager or the right boss, or the right hiring individual is going to trust you and believe in you and be convinced enough to say you're the one for the job.

11:53 Speaker 2: You're the man for the job. God will do that. You don't have to you know, like work or strive without strife. You know, like a lot of people are just striving now. You just be your best. You just be your best. See when you think about even David, when he got the opportunity to defeat Goliath, he didn't have to prove himself to the King Saul and say, hey, please give me the chance. What did he He just gave in his credentials. You know what, I have defeated the lion and the pair. If you are strong on your credentials, you don't have to worry.

12:29 Speaker 2: If you worked hard in the previous organization instead of playing the fool, you don't have to worry. You just asked the Lord to give you the wisdom to share the knowledge or put out the information. He shared the strategy he used in defeating the lion and the back. He said, if the animal came behind, I know how to tackle. He gave the strategy. He was not just blindly saying, oh you know what, I trust God. He knew what he was talking about. See if you know what you're talking about. When you know that you're done your best, you don't have to worry.

13:02 Speaker 2: You keep putting yourself out there, be your best, sharpen your skills. At the right op time, God will open the right door. He will make sure that he will give you the job or the client or the opportunity that will enable you to not just get a job, so that you will be like, oh, thank God, I have a job, and then read the job for the rest of your life. No, he'll give you a job that you will look back and say, Lord, I thank you for this job. It was just I got this. I'm like thanking him every day, multiple times.

13:36 Speaker 2: Lord, I thank you for this manager, Thank you for the job, Thank you for this. Because you know what, when God blesses you, the Bible says that the blessings of the Lord will add no sorty to it. It's like something that you look at. I'm not saying you want have problems, by the way. What I'm saying is the Lord knows how to bless you with the best, and he will do it for you. I really challenge you to think about this, and I'm going to pray for you. If you're searching for a job, or if there's a loud one who's searching for a job, I really challenge you to share this with someone.

14:08 Speaker 2: Make sure you share this with someone who needs this encouragement, because I believe this is so important for such a time as this, God, I want to pray over those who are watching listening from around the world, if they have lost their job, or they're having that fear of losing their job, or if they're in the place where they have a loved one who's looking for a job and they do not know what to do. I pray that this word will encourage them, that these revelations that challenged me and encouraged me through that tough season will challenge and encourage those people through their tough times.

14:37 Speaker 2: And I speak it over them in the name of Jesus Christ, that the Lord who opened the door just for Joseph, the Lord who opened the door just for me, will open a door just for them, in the name of Jesus Christ. That they will not just say, oh, I got a job and I'm happy. They'll say, look what the Lord is done. When I waited against all arts, stood my ground on my convictions, the Lord opened the door exactly the way I was praying, and he made sure that I would step into it and fulfill the purpose that He has since so for meet it.

15:07 Speaker 2: In the name of Jesus, I pray, Amen and Amen, I really can't wait to hear the testimonies that you will share it.

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