brittany nicole

Yesterday morning I prayed for college students who were about to graduate and in the process of applying for jobs. I prayed for guidance. I prayed for them to have godly options. I prayed that they would trust the process. I prayed for an overflow of peace. I prayed that rejection would only cause them to have an even greater desire for their steps to be ordered by the Lord.

God took me down memory lane and reminded me how I was so desperate for a job, I took the first one that called me back with a job offer. I was so grateful and confused at the same time. I applied everywhere because I knew that the time had come for me to leave home {Florence, AL}, but I couldn’t figure out why I was about to pack up everything and move 3 hours away from a pretty… nice… comfortable… life to the unknown in a really small city {Jacksonville, AL}.

…The salary offer was under 30,000…

…I wasn’t offered any moving expenses…

…I actually wasn’t even their first pick…

None of that mattered to me.

So out of 100+ applicants, 6 candidates were chosen for a phone interview. Out of 6, only 2 were chosen to come to campus.

I wanted to be number one so badly.

When I found out that I wasn’t chosen for the job. I was tired of applying/interviewing and coming up empty handed.  I went ahead and enrolled back in school because I knew that I would finally be accepted somewhere and not rejected again.

I went back to school to obtain my certification to teach. I was only lacking 8 courses, but it was going to take me longer than 2 semesters because of when the classes were offered during the school year.

And there I was minding my own business…

When the job called me at the end of September to inform me that they had another opening in their office and wanted to offer it to me before they posted it online.

Basically, the job was mine.

I wasn’t even praying for this door to open because I was actually okay with being back in school, but I knew this was God’s doing…

So I dropped out of school… {I’m still paying on this monthly because when we don’t wait on God, we create unnecessary bills along the way}

What if I had sought out God’s opinion on what I should do before I did what I wanted to do and re-enrolled in school?

Now let me tell you why being number 2 saved me…

I had to face my competition with grace and I chose to learn from her because I knew that God placed her there first for a reason.

I didn’t have extra money ever, but God would send people my way to pay for my lunch/dinner.

I started back praying for my future because I knew that there had to be so much more to life, so much more that God wanted to do through me and for me.

God heard me and begin to move on my behalf.

I was only there 8 months.

I moved in October and signed a lease that would end in July.

God knew in October when I signed my lease that I would start my next job assignment in August in a different city.

This time I trusted Him throughout the entire process, from beginning to end.

I turned in my 2 weeks notice and begin packing…

I was on Cloud 9…

Until I arrived on campus to sign my contract at my new job only to find out that I had been offered the wrong salary…

Now I was so caught off guard by this, but God wasn’t…

I could share more about how nothing in my life ever goes my way, but because God always has His way & the final say…

I

COUNT

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JOY

Best advice I would give myself if I was about to graduate from college:

Brittany,  continue to be patient and wait on God. He has heard every cry and He will continue to move on your behalf every time you open up your mouth. You just have live faithfully by Proverbs 3:5-6. So be bold and keep praying for the “BIG” stuff. I know you don’t think you’re qualified for the position, but apply anyway. God is going to place you exactly where He wants you. People may pick you to be their “Plan B”, but God is going to show you along the way that being number 2 is going to save you one day and lead you back to having a personal relationship with him. You like when it all makes sense before you make a move, but God likes it when you’re obedient even if it doesn’t add up on paper. Trust the process. Grow through it. When all else fails, remember that Jeremiah 29:11 applies to you too!

For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11 NLT

Trust in and rely confidently on the Lord with all your heart, And do not rely on your own insight or understanding. In all your ways know and acknowledge and recognize Him, And He will make your paths straight and smooth [removing obstacles that block your way]. Proverbs 3:5-6 AMP

Had I been number 1… I would have still gotten the job but I needed a relationship with God more!

…being number 2 saved me!

B.Nicole

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