Sometimes, I wonder why God blesses people and when He does that, why does He do it big? I have witnessed His grace, love and mercy time and again, the latest one, being my
campus
placement.
Ever since the first set of placement dates were announced in college, I prayed a small prayer - "Jesus, I don't know what You have in store for me but I trust You. Help me learn exactly what is needed for me to get a job that You have in mind for me. Through it all, let Your will be done!"
The wait was long although I expected it to be an even longer one considering the amount of time I had been dedicating for it! But even through that long wait,God gave me the grace to wait patiently and not panic, trusting Him completely and wholeheartedly. John Calvin rightly puts it,
"Seeing that the Pilot(God) steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the midst of shipwrecks, there is no reason why our minds should be overwhelmed with fear and overcome with weariness."
During placements, there was one company that almost the entire college had hopes on and so did I. The reason being, that company doesn't test your technical skills much! (So much for your 4 years of engineering eh? ;) ) So, did I pray for that company? Yes, I did. The company did come. And then the least expected happened. We all wrote our first round and then the company decided to come back after a few days and then have the other rounds, which according to us meant that the company might come back or it might not! Did that disappoint me? Honestly, it did. But that's how God works. He is incredible! You can't comprehend how He does things but He's amazing. Looking back, now I think maybe, He made that company guys leave half way 'cos He had other plans for me! (Isaiah 55:8,9)
After that day, everyday I read the Bible, I could see God speaking to me crystal clear. I generally underline the verses in the Bible as I read but I started boxing them out after this. Some of the Bible verses were :
1. Proverbs 23:18 - Surely, there is a future and your hope will not be cut off.
2. Proverbs 24:14 - Know that wisdom is such to your soul, if you find it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
3. Proverbs 25:2 - It is the glory of God to conceal a matter
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One week prior to my placement day, I started going through some notes that I had borrowed from a friend. Believe it or not, I was questioned on not one topic that I had learnt outside that one week. The little prayer that I mentioned above indeed was answered. Every shortlisting prior to this day was a lesson well learnt. Just like everyone, I had also imagined of how my interview should be the day I get placed. And it was just according to the script - loads of talking and quite a bit of coding. There was a sense of satisfaction that I had indeed given my best and given another chance, I could do no more than what I had done on that day.
Oh! Did I forget to mention that God just loves to fulfill even the silliest of my desires. I had told Jesus,"The day I get a job, I want to be wearing one of these two salwars (pointing to two of my fav!)" Don't ask me why I even did that but I did! The recruitment process was for two days and guess what, God gave me an opportunity to wear not just one of them, but both. For the first time during these placement days, I had worn them and there you go, those two days turned out to be very special! Little did I know that it would be my day. Call it a step of faith? Maybe! It might baffle some of you how wearing some stupid piece of cloth could excite me and dedicate an entire paragraph for it, but to realize that my Big God could take time to look into my smallest of desires, I think it is worth dedicating a blog for it!
So, the time did come.. And, it indeed came to pass. God's will,it was! What really excites me is not the fact that I got a job but the way that God led me to get to it. A sense of complete satisfaction after all the shaping that God led me through to fulfill His will in my life! The wait was quite long but it was all worth the wait.
That Friday night, my friend texts,"Hey, do you remember, we wished each other great things for this month?" We both had been to a prayer meeting on September 1st and had wished each other! What's special about it? It was great news not just for me! Both of us managed to get placed in the same week, in different companies. Not a coincidence, right? Ah! That's how my Jesus works!
Thank You Jesus!
Not because of what I've done,
But because of who You are!
You are indeed the God of wonders beyond our galaxy!
