It’s interesting how sometimes you get help from the most unexpected of places. We often don’t have the mental knowledge in order to attain our goals. Sometimes we need help from someone who has a connection, or connections. One thing I’ve found to be true in life is that it’s not always what you know, but who you know.
I’ve had it happen a number of times in my life where I had been given special privilege because I knew the right person or people. There are two times in particular where this was the case. Both of them were cases concerning jobs that I had acquired. Actually, my last two jobs that was the case.
The one job was at a detail shop. I knew that the father of a friend I had graduated high school with ran a detail shop. So, I gave this friend a call. I let him know that I was looking for a job and asked if his Dad was hiring. I told him I had some experience, as I had done the same kind of work for my brother who owned his own shop. He responded by saying that his Dad had actually had a long-time employee just quit and would be excited to get somebody with experience. Anyway, it ended up that I was the one excited because I ended up getting the job. And it ended up being a good job and he was a great boss, too.
Another job I got was due to a friend referring me for a job inside the company we both already worked for. He had heard about a position opening in the department he worked in. He thought I might be a good fit. It was in a field that I didn’t have any experience but he knew that they wanted somebody who already worked within the company. So, I at least met that requirement. I think he helped push for me too. I ended up getting that job as well which also ended up being a good job.
An interesting side note: one thing I learned fairly early in life when searching for a job was that the jobs in the want ads may not be the best place to start. Some of those jobs may be difficult to fill because they are difficult jobs. So, they could be in there for a reason, in other words. Not always, but sometimes. Another downside is, even if they are great jobs, you’re going to have a lot more competition in getting selected for the position. Anyway, what I learned to do was to just start applying at places I think I would like to work, whether they were hiring or not, and whether I had experience or not. This gives you a greater probability of finding a job you enjoy, and it eliminates most of your competition. So, when they do want to hire somebody your application will be on file and near the top of the list.
I have to say before going any further that I know that the examples I gave of the jobs I had gotten were just God opening those doors for me. God can open doors that no one can close. I give Him the praise and glory for it.
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Here’s a great example of God working through people in the favor of God’s people. In the Old Testament book of Ezra, a man, whose name the book bears, responded to a decree by the Persian King, Cyrus. In Ezra 1:2 it says, “Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which [is] in Judah.” So, Ezra along with a group of Priests and Levites, responded to this commission to build the house of God. This was actually the rebuilding of the house of God. Of course, this King was being moved by God to do this. So, Ezra was not only backed by God but by this earthly king.
Later on, after they had built the foundation, they ran into some adversaries. These adversaries claimed to seek God as they did. But they ended up convincing the next King of Persia to cause them to cease the rebuilding of the temple. It says, though, that in the second year of the reign of Darius that the prophets prophesied and the people began building the temple again. They received resistance again from the governor, Tatnai, asking them who commanded them to build this temple. They told him it was by the decree of Cyrus. So, Tatnai asked the King to search the records to see if this was true. Well, Darius searched and found out that the decree of Cyrus that they claimed was true. Tatnai was ordered to leave them alone and allow the project to continue and even that tax money be used for the project. The king even decreed a harsh punishment for anyone who opposed the building of the temple.
This seemed to be even stronger support than the first king had offered. Here’s Ezra’s response in Ezra 7:27 “Blessed [be] the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put [such a thing] as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which [is] in Jerusalem:” Even Ezra was amazed at the support they had gotten from an earthly king. See, this just shows us today how that God can work in the hearts of anyone to work in our favor. God will not only work in the hearts of believers for our favor, but non-believers as well. In this case, God worked in the hearts of these worldly kings to support the work of God.
So, sometimes it’s about who we know here on Earth, but it’s always about the God we know in Heaven. Either way, He can give us the inside track in life.
Ezra 1:2 it says, “Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which [is] in Judah.”
Ezra 7:26 “Blessed [be] the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put [such a thing] as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which [is] in Jerusalem:”