What is God's will here?

Deidre32 said:

How to know God's will in this situation? Any help is appreciated.

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God may have provided your current situation simply to give you a solid financial base from which to plan your next move. Don't be in a rush. Take your time looking for your next opportunity. If you don't force the move and allow the voice of God to come through - you'll know when He is speaking to you.

Deidre32 said:

I'm in need of some advice, on how to proceed forward with a business situation. A little background - I accepted a job with a company last summer, and it's a work from home situation. (which is great) They salary is awesome, so on paper, the job is great. But, last week, I went on a business trip and met some of the top management people, and I came away disappointed. They swore the entire meeting, the 'f' bomb dropping every other sentence, in some cases. The night before, one of my coworkers got insanely drunk and was rude.

Everyone is human, I know, but I've felt this nagging pull in my heart since attending that trip last week, to now move on from this job. There is also a lot of dysfunction here in other ways, that I won't bore you with.

My question I guess is this - I've felt like God has wanted me to move to this new job, everything seemed to fall into place. Plus, I've been promoted recently. But, does God care about those things, really? I'm struggling right now to figure out what to do, because I'm not happy right now here. I feel unproductive, and disappointed. Just not sure what to do. I was going to just start looking for new work, and see what happens, but want to follow God's will.

How to know God's will in this situation? Any help is appreciated.

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Does the company provide a benefit to humanity without compromising the Lords principles? Are you able to do the job without compromising those principles?

If yes to both ... then I'd be ok with it ... you can't control how people act ... but it sounds like you can limit your exposure to them. Checking on other jobs won't hurt either ... like you said ... the Lord might present a better job and if so likely will be self evident.

God Bless.

Wish I could find legitimate work from home ... all I ever find is a bunch of scams LOL

Are you able to live a righteous life while being employed at this job or will it cause you to sin?

"Do not be misled: "Bad company corrupts good character." 1 Corinthians 15:33

If working there enables you to deny yourself and help others more than you otherwise would, whether by giving to charity or by direct interaction, then the means may justify the ends. But if working there won't facilitate that, the money made is pretty much a worthless aspect of it.

maintenance man said:

God may have provided your current situation simply to give you a solid financial base from which to plan your next move. Don't be in a rush. Take your time looking for your next opportunity. If you don't force the move and allow the voice of God to come through - you'll know when He is speaking to you.

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Good advice

Your behavior around your coworkers should have a greater effect on them than their behavior on you. We should be able to walk through the valleys of the shadow of death without feeling discomfort.....knowing God is with us. Greater is HE that is in us that he that is in the world. Light dis-spells darkness... Darkness runs and hides from light...not the other way around.

If this was me, I'd stick around until my light became greater than the darkness.....until, like when a light is turned on in a room, the darkness ran from it, after which, I am no longer able to see it......

Deidre32 said:

I'm in need of some advice, on how to proceed forward with a business situation. A little background - I accepted a job with a company last summer, and it's a work from home situation. (which is great) They salary is awesome, so on paper, the job is great. But, last week, I went on a business trip and met some of the top management people, and I came away disappointed. They swore the entire meeting, the 'f' bomb dropping every other sentence, in some cases. The night before, one of my coworkers got insanely drunk and was rude.

Everyone is human, I know, but I've felt this nagging pull in my heart since attending that trip last week, to now move on from this job. There is also a lot of dysfunction here in other ways, that I won't bore you with.

My question I guess is this - I've felt like God has wanted me to move to this new job, everything seemed to fall into place. Plus, I've been promoted recently. But, does God care about those things, really? I'm struggling right now to figure out what to do, because I'm not happy right now here. I feel unproductive, and disappointed. Just not sure what to do. I was going to just start looking for new work, and see what happens, but want to follow God's will.

How to know God's will in this situation? Any help is appreciated.

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Hello Deidre! I'm from somewhere else too!

So, what to do....

First off, pagans are crazy. If you ever want to have any impact on the pagan world around you, you'll have to accept that people who don't know the Lord, don't follow his commands.

So they are going to swear... and be crazy pagans... because they are crazy pagans.

You know G-d. So you know how to live right. They don't. So they don't.

This is normal. The only way to avoid dealing with pagans, is to either live like an Amish, or live like a nun, and hide yourself away from the crazy pagan world. But then, what impact will you have for Jesus Christ our Lord? None.

Isn't that great? Doesn't that just warm your heart? The Christian life isn't always an easy thing, is it?

So that really isn't a concern to me.

The two things I think are important, is what G-d wants, and are you productive.

I don't think G-d wants you to be unproductive. I'm pretty sure, being productive is considered important throughout the Bible. If you are not being productive with this company, then perhaps your idea of looking for new work, is what you need to do.

Now if you are productive, and you are doing a good job, then it is simply, does G-d want you there. You said that you thought this is where G-d wants you. You didn't indicate what you thought that has changed.

It is possible G-d put you in this position for a reason.

It is also possible that reason has already been fulfilled, and he wants you to move on.

Pray for wisdom! One of the few prayers, that G-d promises will always be answered. Pray for wisdom on why you are there, and if it is time to move on.

Regardless what the ultimate answer is, merely having some pagans, acting like pagans, is not a reason to leave. Now if you detect some illegal activity, or maybe legal but not ethical, or if you see some questionable activity... then it is time to go.

However, you should be the best, and most productive Christian that you can be, right up till your last day. These pagans might be crazy, but that is no reason to not be as friendly and helpful as you can be, until you are no longer there.

Hope that helps

Deidre32 said:

I'm in need of some advice, on how to proceed forward with a business situation. A little background - I accepted a job with a company last summer, and it's a work from home situation. (which is great) They salary is awesome, so on paper, the job is great. But, last week, I went on a business trip and met some of the top management people, and I came away disappointed. They swore the entire meeting, the 'f' bomb dropping every other sentence, in some cases. The night before, one of my coworkers got insanely drunk and was rude.

Everyone is human, I know, but I've felt this nagging pull in my heart since attending that trip last week, to now move on from this job. There is also a lot of dysfunction here in other ways, that I won't bore you with.

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If your job doesn't require daily, direct, and prolonged contact with the people you describe above, their behaviour shouldn't be a significant concern to you. If even in small doses, though, you feel yourself susceptible to their bad influence, there is no question that you ought to find other employment.

My wife works for a university and no one in administration (as she is) would dream of using foul language with colleagues in a work-related circumstance. Cursing at work shows a serious lack of professionalism - the kind that would make me generally dubious about the business ethics of the company's management team. Anyway, I don't expect non-believers to act like Christ-loving believers, so I don't get particularly bent when they start swearing, or drinking, or carrying on like a lost person does.

Deidre32 said:

My question I guess is this - I've felt like God has wanted me to move to this new job, everything seemed to fall into place. Plus, I've been promoted recently. But, does God care about those things, really?

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They aren't the most important things in God's economy, but He has blessed people with promotion (see the OT story of Joseph). The Psalmist wrote,

Proverbs 22:29
29 Do you see a man who excels in his work? He will stand before kings...

Deidre32 said:

I'm struggling right now to figure out what to do, because I'm not happy right now here. I feel unproductive, and disappointed. Just not sure what to do. I was going to just start looking for new work, and see what happens, but want to follow God's will.

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Well, there's a bit of a fine line to walk in your situation. It's important to be willing to be used by God as salt and light (Matthew 5:13-16). At the same time, there is always a downward pull, a kind of gravity that works subtly on us through associations with the lost, that, if we are not well-secured in Christ, will lead us to the same sort of evil end King Solomon had. Though he was the wisest man who ever lived, he ended his days building for his pagan wives places of great evil, where they sacrificed children to their vile gods. If such a man could be brought so low, any of us can be. And so, we are warned very clearly in Scripture to keep the lost at arms' length, to avoid close fellowship with them, to be careful not to allow them a position of influence upon us (2 Corinthians 6:14-18; Ephesians 5:1-8). This isn't to say that a Christian ought to cloister away in a monastery, but only to carefully limit their interactions with the lost. As Roidecouer78 already noted,

1 Corinthians 15:33
33 Do not be deceived: "Bad company corrupts good morals."

Deidre32 said:

I'm in need of some advice, on how to proceed forward with a business situation. A little background - I accepted a job with a company last summer, and it's a work from home situation. (which is great) They salary is awesome, so on paper, the job is great. But, last week, I went on a business trip and met some of the top management people, and I came away disappointed. They swore the entire meeting, the 'f' bomb dropping every other sentence, in some cases. The night before, one of my coworkers got insanely drunk and was rude.

Everyone is human, I know, but I've felt this nagging pull in my heart since attending that trip last week, to now move on from this job. There is also a lot of dysfunction here in other ways, that I won't bore you with.

My question I guess is this - I've felt like God has wanted me to move to this new job, everything seemed to fall into place. Plus, I've been promoted recently. But, does God care about those things, really? I'm struggling right now to figure out what to do, because I'm not happy right now here. I feel unproductive, and disappointed. Just not sure what to do. I was going to just start looking for new work, and see what happens, but want to follow God's will.

How to know God's will in this situation? Any help is appreciated.

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Why would their vulgarity be a sign that God doesn't want you working there?
Why do you feel unproductive and disappointed?
Your new responsibilities - do you have an issue with these?
You mentioned dysfunction - how much of that impacts you and what you do? And if you have people under you, how does it impact them?

Deidre32 said:

I've decided to take your advice today, just letting God handle this. Today was a much better day because of it, and I'm not going to make an impulsive move. If I'm honest, perhaps this job is just challenging, I got a promotion, and the expectations are higher. Perhaps I'm putting unnecessary stress on myself, by worrying and fearing that I won't be good enough. I get like that sometimes, but Jesus is always by my side. He wants me to grow in Him, and trust in Him, and that is honestly what God cares about the most. He wants us to be happy, but not in the same ways we tend to want to be happy. We are human, but he wants to give us divine happiness and peace. There's a difference, and without the struggles, we might not recognize that. Thanks for your advice.

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Thanks for the testimony. I can't remember how many times I have taken the "easy" way out, just because i could find an personal reason to rationalize and justify it. It's difficult to resist the urge to pursue immediate gratification or relief from struggle, but it is greatly rewarded when done in the right spirit.