The Last Supper by Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret |
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. - Psalms 121:1-2
About three weeks ago, the LORD did something for me, he resurrected something that was dead and forgotten. At work, I have a staff who is of tremendous help to me and others. A young man who has proven himself invaluable with his work ethics and helpful nature. As we work for a government employer, it is important that staff are certified in their employment titles by taking and passing civil service exams. If not, they run the risk of layoffs. This young man had taken multiple civil service exams, but being that he was lower down in the rank, had not been called by any government agencies as they had not gotten down to his list number.
Finally, in November 2014 he was called for an interview by a different agency than ours. I reached out to our Human Resources department for assistance with transferring the young man's title from the other agency to ours in case he was picked up by that agency. There is such an agreement between agencies so that critical staff may continue to work for their current employer and minimize disruption of service. It is also important that there are employment slots for the position/title being interviewed. I came to find out that just recently our agency instituted the title the young man was going to be interviewed for by the other agency.
On the day of the interview the other agency had called six individuals for interview for two vacancies; off the six, my staff was fifth on the list. Alas, that agency after interviewing the first four candidates decided to hire from them and did not interview my staff member. He was sent off without an interview. It was a great disappointment for him and I. Our agency could not do anything unless he was interviewed and picked up off the list for the transfer to take place. I instructed my staff to call the other agency and let them know of his predicament, but he was not able to get through to the person in charge of the interviews, so left a voice mail. He never received a response back.
I continued to keep my staff's matter in prayer - that God would take care of it for me and him. He needed the civil service certification to prevent being laid off from work and I needed him as he had proven himself indispensable to our daily operations.
In February 2015, approximately three months after my staff had been called for an interview that never happened, one day, I walked into my office and was checking through my emails. [My staff's November 2014 interview was not on my mind, nor his. It was dead and gone. The young man was already preparing for other civil service exams.] There was an email from the Human Resources department, and I couldn't believe my eyes at what I was reading. The other agency that did not even interview my staff had decided to pick him off the list and transfer his title to our agency. I called the young man to my office, shut the door and asked him to read the email that HR had sent to me. His jaws dropped in total disbelief at what he was reading. It was impossible! But that day my God showed again that he is the one who makes the impossible possible and the possible a reality!
The Bible says that upon hearing the news of Lazarus' illness, Jesus did not hurry back to his side. He returned to Lazarus' sisters three days following Lazarus' death and burial. Why? For God time is immaterial, circumstances are immaterial, process is immaterial. He resurrected a Lazarus who had died and in whom's lifeless body decay had set in. To Martha, one of Lazarus' sisters, Jesus said, "Believe and you shall see God's glory!" - John 11
I testified to him about Jesus Christ and how I had been praying for him. Together we said a prayer of thanks to my God. I pray this will be a new beginning for this young man. I pray that the seed fell on good ground and will return a thousand fold for the glory of this God!
The Bible says that upon hearing the news of Lazarus' illness, Jesus did not hurry back to his side. He returned to Lazarus' sisters three days following Lazarus' death and burial. Why? For God time is immaterial, circumstances are immaterial, process is immaterial. He resurrected a Lazarus who had died and in whom's lifeless body decay had set in. To Martha, one of Lazarus' sisters, Jesus said, "Believe and you shall see God's glory!" - John 11
I testified to him about Jesus Christ and how I had been praying for him. Together we said a prayer of thanks to my God. I pray this will be a new beginning for this young man. I pray that the seed fell on good ground and will return a thousand fold for the glory of this God!
The only King for ever - Elevation Worship
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