I have always believed that one’s career should provide a portion of significance in life. Because of this belief, I have experienced quite a bit of inner conflict. I love my current job, but it doesn’t make me feel very significant. I get caught up in thoughts like, “What if I had majored in something different in college? What if I had gone into the corporate world and had a more prestigious job making a significant salary? I’m not meeting the standard./I’m not good enough. Did I make the wrong choice? I should be ‘making more of myself’.” It’s thoughts like these that tie me up in knots. Praise the Lord! He has set me free from this! A couple of weeks ago, He revealed a very important truth to me–God didn’t design my career to be a source of significance. He, Himself, makes me significant. He is the creator. He is the only one with the authority and power to assign value to His creation. He says I am “fearfully and wonderfully made”. He says I am “holy and dearly loved”. I am now very content in this job that I love because I now know that it’s not supposed to give me significance. That’s God’s job! What a sense of peace and freedom believing the TRUTH brings!
Rebecca 🙂