I thought of this verse earlier last week, as the summer school Greek class ended and I began applying for a whole slew of jobs. I have yet to hear anything back about them. The application process for nurses has become an entirely impersonal affair, consisting of on-line applications, email responses, and a lot of silence.
And so I wait. But am I waiting on the Lord? The manner in which a watchman waits for the morning is with eager anticipation for the end of his duty. Once the morning comes, he will no longer have to keep his watch. So, is waiting for a job the same as waiting for the Lord? What I have been considering is that I was not put on this earth merely to hold a job. That may be a part of the Lord's plan for a time, but it is not the ultimate end to which I was created. So as I wait to see if I will work as a nurse out here, to truly wait on the Lord I should seek the duty that I was created to fulfill, to become more like Christ and to bring Him glory. I can do this unemployed or as a nurse. But as a child of God, I must seek to fulfill my duty of obedience and dedication to the Lord, until He returns. So I wait for a job, but this does not prevent me from being able to work toward that chief end of man, to glorify God and enjoy Him, in all circumstances.
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