Article December 7, 1998 Issue

How I found the perfect job

God's direction: the right route

By Carole Cooper

SEVERAL YEARS AGO , I was told by my employer that our company was having financial difficulty and would close. Immediately I looked for employment in the local newspaper but found only one advertisement listed in my field.

I began praying to God for guidance, and as I did I remembered this passage from the Bible: "And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life" (II Kings 25:30). While this passage refers specifically to a young Hebrew leader's restoration to honor in the courts of Babylon, I saw it as a promise that God provides everyone's daily needs, including employment.

Then I found another statement confirming this fact: "God gives you His spiritual ideas, and in turn, they give you daily supplies. Never ask for to-morrow: it is enough that divine Love is an ever-present help; and if you wait, never doubting, you will have all you need every moment" (Mary Baker Eddy, Miscellaneous Writings, p. 307).

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