What is This Thing that You Have Given Me?
37th in a series on how men and women in the Bible deal with waiting, disappointment and unemployment What is This Thing that You Have Given Me? Reflections on Psalm 142 For eight years I have searched my past, I have studied the Scriptures, I have spoken with godly men and women, and I have cried out to God for wisdom and understanding. Up to 2011 when I interviewed for a job, I got it. Ministries grew, people expressed appreciation and God confirmed my calling as a Pastor even when some would seek to undermine my efforts. But for the past eight years I feel like I have been living in an alternate universe. Where things do not go according to plan and I can hardly get an interview much less a job. Am I alone in this experience? Is everyone else successful while I slip into oblivion? Is there a perspective that I haven’t considered? David wrote Psalm 142 about a time when he was hiding from Saul in a cave. He had been anointed by Samuel years e