A year ago, I quit my job after deciding I needed a change in my career. It was a leap of faith, because I had a very generous salary and a good reputation in the company.

6 months before I left my job, I started listening to Pastor Prince’s messages. And it was as if a light went on for the first time. I felt alive again. His sermons always reminded me of God’s love for me and that He was behind my success in everything I did. It was with this courage that I took the leap of faith.

But after months of silent rejections despite all the résumés I sent out, I started to wonder if I had done the right thing. My savings started drying up, and I couldn’t afford even some of my basic needs. The long general silence made me feel miserable and hopeless.

One afternoon I applied for an internship in one of the most prestigious marketing companies in my city. Within the hour a reply came back saying, “Cannot deliver email, account not found.” I sent the email again to another email on the company’s website, but still the email returned “undelivered.” This was the straw that broke the camel’s back. I wept like I never did before! I remember saying, “I give up God, I give up! Nothing I do is working. Do what You have to, but I give up!”

I felt terrible for saying that because I didn’t want the Lord to think I didn’t believe anymore, but I was tired. That evening I shut down. I didn’t care what happened. I had enough of caring.

Then I heard Pastor Prince’s message When Life Doesn’t Make Sense. He said that God was doing a work in us, that He wasn’t punishing us, and everything was working for our benefit. He even said that God is not afraid of being misunderstood. To be honest, I remember muttering under my breath, “Just stop it Lord, just stop. I don’t think I can handle any more encouragement.”

The next morning, I got a call from another marketing company I had applied to. I was stunned I told the Lord, “I am not interested in worrying about this because I know You will do what needs to be done. All I can do is just pitch up.”

I didn’t have the relevant experience or qualifications for the job. Even my years of experience in my previous company did not prepare me for the job I had applied for. But like I said, I was tired of carrying this care. So I went into the interview, asking the Lord to go with me and to help me answer favorably.

The interview was for an hour but I finished early and left the room feeling secure in the Lord’s presence. It was like HE was the one being interviewed and I was just an observer. I knew my lack of experience would probably be a problem, but I believed that the Lord could take care of that. I didn’t have a master’s degree, but I had the MASTER Himself!

Just as I left the interview room, I received a call from the human resource manager saying that the company’s managers really liked me and wanted me to start immediately. I couldn’t believe it! I DID NOTHING! It was all the Lord’s doing!

On my first day, I was nervous, but just like in the interview, it was as if I was just watching myself outside my body. The Lord gave me the right questions to ask and I even made a couple of insightful suggestions. How did I know to do that? Because the Lord was doing it IN me, THROUGH me, and FOR me. I had said to Him, “If I could not get the job on my own, there is no way I could keep it using my own efforts. I trust You to give me wisdom and knowledge.”

Thank you, Pastor Prince, for delivering the message of grace, because if you hadn’t, I would never know who God really was. I would still believe He was an old, bearded man in the sky who was angry with me. May God bless you and your family.