I’ve been on the job hunt for the past couple of days.
It’s ridiculously hard to find work at my age. In all honesty, I’ve not done a great deal of looking – but going by the ever gloomy figures and forecasts about employment, it’s not getting much easier to find work. 22% of people my age are out of work, which is higher than the average of 18.4% of the workforce.
It’s hard and frustrating. Especially when you don’t get replies, but God is telling me to continue to trust him that I will get a job at somepoint.
I would say I should follow in the footsteps of Jesus and Joseph regarding employment, but it is quite dubious as to what job they actually had.
The greek word tekton, which more accurately should be called “general contractor”. And the Blueletter Bible offers various translations of tekton:
(1) A worker in wood, a carpenter, joiner, builder.
(2) Any craftsman, or workman (e.g. the art of poetry, maker of songs)
(3) A planner, contriver, plotter.
(4) An author.
It’s ridiculously hard to find work at my age. In all honesty, I’ve not done a great deal of looking – but going by the ever gloomy figures and forecasts about employment, it’s not getting much easier to find work. 22% of people my age are out of work, which is higher than the average of 18.4% of the workforce.
It’s hard and frustrating. Especially when you don’t get replies, but God is telling me to continue to trust him that I will get a job at somepoint.
I would say I should follow in the footsteps of Jesus and Joseph regarding employment, but it is quite dubious as to what job they actually had.
The greek word tekton, which more accurately should be called “general contractor”. And the Blueletter Bible offers various translations of tekton:
(1) A worker in wood, a carpenter, joiner, builder.
(2) Any craftsman, or workman (e.g. the art of poetry, maker of songs)
(3) A planner, contriver, plotter.
(4) An author.
But since I feel I have a calling to ministry, I may actually be following in the footsteps of Joesph (and Jesus) when we look at the original Aramaic word:
Tekton is best translated as scholar, since the original Aramaic word is naggar, which translates as craftsman or scholar. Certainly this image of the scholar is more consistent with Luke’s (2:46-47) tale of the 12-year old Jesus in the Temple, where “…all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.”
Regardless of what Joseph did, I do know that Jesus went on to preach to people. If God continues to call me to do ministry, then I suppose then I have the comfort in knowing that in the future I will almost certainly have a steady job that I will love, and will (hopefully) make a difference to people, even I don’t have a job at the present.
Kidzone and Crossword tonight. It’s Crossword’s first night back – and I cannot wait!
Prayers for all of the above muchly appreciated.
God Bless,
Morrison.
P.S. Below is the link to my CV. If you have a friend who is looking for someone, then please tell me/hand them a copy of my CV. Also, if anyone has any edits for it – comment below too! ThanksRegardless of what Joseph did, I do know that Jesus went on to preach to people. If God continues to call me to do ministry, then I suppose then I have the comfort in knowing that in the future I will almost certainly have a steady job that I will love, and will (hopefully) make a difference to people, even I don’t have a job at the present.
Kidzone and Crossword tonight. It’s Crossword’s first night back – and I cannot wait!
Prayers for all of the above muchly appreciated.
God Bless,
Morrison.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KdAURAmJGWypUJBvrPP66shvQS_PoNKXrnKo985fMH0/edit
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