Stuck in a Job or Career Path?

The overwhelming majority of  Biblical characters were either self employed, or worked in a family Business.

For example, among the Self employed were:

Nathaniel, Samuel, Jonah, Ezekiel, Isaiah, Elijah

Mordecai, Rahab, Micah, Balaam, Malachi, etc.

Those who owned or worked in a Family Business included:

Abraham, Noah, Job, Moses, Miriam, Aaron, Saul, Jonathan, David, Solomon, Jacob, Isaac, Laban, Lot, Boaz, Ruth, Jesus, Peter, Andrew, James, John

A number of them were employees of larger organizations, such as:

Daniel, Nehemiah, Esther, Joshua

And Most of them experienced major career transitions.

A brief overview illustrates the transitions.

Family business to employee:  Joseph, Jacob, Moses

Family business to self employed: Satan, Adam and Eve,  Jesus

Self employed to family business:  Rahab

Employee to self employed:  Nehemiah, Joshua

Family business to employee to self employed to employer:

King David

This shows that God does not necessarily need or even want people to stay in the same job or career in order to accomplish his purposes.  There is a pervasive fear among parents, I am told, that their child will not get into the right school or get the right teacher or scholarship, and if they don’t their lives are ruined.  To them I say if you are afraid of every step you take, the path you are on is too narrow.  It fails to consider the almighty power of a knowing and loving God to help guide willing souls into the proper harbor.

“You will hear a voice behind you saying ‘This is the path, walk ye in it’” says the scripture.   Career planning involves listening and relationship, not fear of failure.

How many jobs have you had?  How many career changes have you made?  Are you getting closer to your mission or further from it?

Laurie Beth