Being in God’s business. I do my best, He does the rest (Part 1 of 2)

Proverbs 3:5-6, “5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.”

I have been working as an IT Secretary Trainer for 8 years before I was asked to change to a senior secretary role, supporting 4 senior managers and 4 managers. The new role was very demanding and work load was heavy. The managers that I have to support were also not easy to work with. Six months before the year end performance assessment, I was told by my manager that I will be getting a rating of ‘3’ for my performance. A performance rating of '3' by the end of the year would mean that I will have to leave the company. What surprises me most was the management had already decided on this rating even though the actual year end appraisal was six months ahead. The reason was my performance feedback from the mangers was no good. A rating of '2' is necessary for me to retain my job.

God was good. My manager was concerned for me and she advised told me to look for another job or take a no pay leave of 2 years. She even went around asking other departments if they needed staff. Then the day came when our company bought over another company. One of the HR office managers called my manager asking her to recommend her secretaries to their VPs. So my manager recommended me and asked her to call me to arrange for interviews.

I went for the interviews with the peace in my heart knowing that God is faithful; and that He will never leave me nor forsake me. However the company wanted someone to start work by August but I told them I could only start work after my India mission trip, which had been fixed earlier. My manager asked me to give up the mission trip and go for the job as such opportunity was not easy to come by. I told her no and that I need to go for the India mission trip.

Weeks went by without any news about the interview. The final year review is approaching fast and my manager asked me what I plan to do. I told her that I will trust my God that my rating will change from '3' to '2' and I also told her that I will do my utmost best while knowing that God will change everything around.

In my heart, I ask God if He is leading me to quit my job. I told God that I want to be used to bless others. A prompting told me that I should go and start a business. If this is so, I told God that His name must be glorified and not me. In addition I want to leave the company with a good testimony and a good performance report.

I went ahead for the India mission trip and in December, a date was confirmed for my year end performance review with the managers. While walking to the meeting room, there was this prompting that everything will be fine. I sat down and my manager congratulated me, smiled at me and told me that my God was really good. I got a rating of '2'. I hugged her with tears in my eyes. I walked away praising God. What may seem impossible to man but not so for God.
Following that, I left the company to start my own business.

Susie