If you trust in [Him], [He] can be there for anything you need
A few months ago, I started a new job. During the interview for this job, it felt as though I exceeded the qualifications. I had the experience, the skills and the knowledge of the platform used for the job. It appeared that God had lined this job up for me perfectly. However, on my first day, my anxiety was through the roof. “What if I lied in the interview and I can’t do the job?” “What if I accidentally oversold my qualifications?” “What if the skillset they are looking for is more advanced than what I can do?” All of these were questions that I asked myself before beginning my new hire training.
Finally, I started repeating, “I can do all things through [Jesus] Christ who strengthens me” Philippians 4:13 (NKJV). I started to calm down. Then, I remembered the encouraging pep talk my dad would give me whenever I started something new. He would tell me that whenever he starts a new job that he doesn’t get nervous because if someone else could do it, then so could he. I started to remember all the other ventures I underwent throughout my life where I started off being nervous and ended up excelling in. I began to breathe even more. I also told myself that even if the job requires me to do something that I am not experienced in, I can learn. By the time my supervisor sent over my training materials, I was in a calm state. After training, my supervisor sent me a small assignment to complete to get acclimated to the workload and it was a piece of cake. It reminded me of the assignments that I had to do at a previous job.
I, then, laughed at myself because on the first day I was doubting myself and was listing off all my shortcomings for a job that I was very qualified to do. I realized that God will never put you in a position that He has not or will not equip you for.
An example of this concept can be found in Exodus 3:11-4:17. In this passage, God appoints Moses as the person who will lead the Israelites out of Egypt; however, Moses feels inadequate and lists several excuses as to why he is not worthy and unable to fulfill the job God has given him. God refutes all of Moses’ rebuttals by telling Moses what he should say to the Israelites, actions he should perform to showcase that God is with him and even granted Moses a spokesperson because Moses was embarrassed to speak.
As I continued to think about and praise God for giving me the experience for this job through other jobs, I began to think about all the times I freaked out about a job that I hadn’t even received a job offer for. I found it interesting that I never received a job offer for any of those jobs. Proverbs 18:21 (NIV) says, “The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.” I wondered if by doubting myself, which ultimately was doubting God, I inhibited the potential of getting those other offers.
