I am conflicted as to whether I should ask for council on this issue. Sometimes I think God tells us to do certain things, and he wants to keep it private. I have been struggling so much with this; I don't know what else to do. I have been unemployed for the majority of my adult life. I have always been supported by partners or family. God convicted me of the gravity of this sin. He told me to live on the streets, in order to stop sinning against my mother, whom I live with. I am also negatively influenced by the worldly values of my family by living here. I think that I know the two businesses that He wants me to apply for positions. But step one seems to be an unrelenting get out on the streets first. I know this sounds incredulous, but it has been eating at me for months. I keep trying to get myself to do it. I tried chatting with an online Christian Support person - he asked what I expected him to do about it. Everytime I fast, pray, and read my Bible - this is the direction that I get. I'm not sure what I expect to come out of this thread.
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Paul is very clear in 2 Thess3:10 if someone who is able to work, won't work, don't support him.
Eph 4:28 says work so that you can contribute to those in need.
If you are reasonable fit and healthy you should be working, whether sweeping a suppermarket, serving in a cafe or with any other job there is no authority in the bible that permits you not to work.
Eph 4:28 says work so that you can contribute to those in need.
If you are reasonable fit and healthy you should be working, whether sweeping a suppermarket, serving in a cafe or with any other job there is no authority in the bible that permits you not to work.
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As justice for my sins. There are many more than just the one that I named. Maybe there is someone I'm supposed to encounter .. maybe it is the only way to avoid falling back into sin. God has history of telling people to do seemingly unwise things by the world's standards in the Bible.
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Which is easier to steer, a car with the brake on, or one that is moving?
Start looking as hard as you can for a job and God will open the door to the job he wants you to have. Sit on your backside and nothing will happen.
Start looking as hard as you can for a job and God will open the door to the job he wants you to have. Sit on your backside and nothing will happen.
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My prayers go out to you.
If I may.....
First, to chose homelessness is a sin as there are many people who are genuinely in this position who do not have a loving and caring family like you do. Second, if you end up on the streets you will not only be subject to the horrors surrounding it but, you would be breaking the law over and over as you will end up stealing to survive. Third,I do not think that God wants you to deliberately hurt your mother, this is also a sin. She would be very worried about you.
Now the issue of not wanting to work and be self sustaining seems to be rooted in low self-esteem. This is something that can be overcome. Unless the "he" that you refer to wants you to apply for positions that are sinful, then you have every right to turn them down. If not, then you must at least try.
You may want to consider education. Since you have a place to live, provide an exit plan with your family through education which leads to meaningful employment. I imagine this would be going in a more positive direction.
Assuming you are a female,another direction is this How to Become a Nun: Become a Sister of Mercy
But you do need some higher education first.
Last and most important, you need the power of the Holy Spirit to work in your life. While in prayer, ask God to give it to you. What we can not do ourselves, God with is Holy Spirit will help us.
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God is all powerful and able to lead you to a place where He wants you to live according to His time, be it streets or wherever. You don't have to keep trying to get yourself to do it. Just be obedient and first get a job.
2 Thessalonians 3:9-10 If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat.
1 Timothy 5:8-9 But if someone does not provide for his own, especially his own family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
Acts 17:26 He determined allotted periods and the boundaries of our dwelling place.
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Thank you. Do you think there is a specific place that He's telling me to work? One is a coffee shop - I struggle with caffeine addiction, the other a restaurant that I quit as I was a terrible waitress. I keep feeling these two place weighing on my conscious, but they don't seem practical due to the aforementioned reasons.
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Thank you for your concern, advice, and prayers. I have a Bachelor's degree, and I took a Master's level course, but did not continue the program as I did not feel called there. I have considered being a sister in the past, however my sacramental life in the Church is almost non-existent due to my own sinful choices. I think that gaining employment is definitely the direction that I'm being led in at the moment.
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Thank you for your advice. I have spoken to many priests who do not agree with my perspective on God's judgement. There are a few conservative churches in the area that are more in line with my views. I know that this is a big debate in the Church.
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