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I don’t know if I can say I look for the Glory of the Lord to manifest in my life.  Or subconsciously, maybe I do.  Well, that all changed today. It all started a few weeks ago.  I enjoy what I do for a living.  As an Operations leader you are exposed to the business in a varied of ways.  This role automatically supplies the door to learning new skillsets. I’ve been in my current role for two years as an Operations leader, but managing a different part of the business. 

Yes, I’m one of those persons at the end of year one I am ready to try my hand at something different.  A few weeks ago, was no exception.  I got the itch that it was time for me to do something different.  There was some hesitation to moving on as I had been out of the interviewing process for a few years. This realization almost stopped me from putting myself out there as a candidate, only for a split second.  Interviewing is a skillset that I constantly have to practice as it is not my strongest skillset.

Creating the resume was just as nerve wracking as preparing for the interview.  Are you an individual who needs a few days to prepare for a job interview? I am. As I began preparing, my mind was spasming and playing tricks on me.  I mean who am I kidding, this role… this role… is to an extent beyond my skillet. That thought only lasted for a split second as I continued with the application.  Now, I did all that I could to prepare for this interview. 

The good thing about my preparation was the things that they were desiring for the candidate were the things that I was recently exposed to. Can we say thank God for the timing?  I had plenty of examples to provide to showcase my knowledge in this area.  Fast forward a week, as I’m boarding the plan, I receive a text message that I almost deleted saying that I got an interview.  You talk about being blown away.  Blown away that my resume was on point for the recruiter to extend me an interview. 

A few days after I had the interview.  Ok, it wasn’t the best interview, and it wasn’t the worse. There were opportunities for improvement.  I didn’t kick myself too bad. One hand I was proud that I made it that far for a role in which I had indirect experience.

To be interviewing for the role was an opportunity in and of itself. The other hand, I didn’t have hopes of making it to the panel interview with the hiring manager.  I had already decided in my head that I was going to receive the automated decline message. 

I had already planned out how I would react as to not overreact to the disappointment heading my way. I know, working on capturing my thoughts is a daily walk. Don’t act like you don’t do the same thing (side-eye). Any who out of the cold rainy skies here in Minnesota I received an email stating that the hiring manager wanted to interview me. 

In a room full of people can I say a praise break flashed before my eyes.  Soon brought back to the reality of where I was, I excused myself to have a conversation with God.  Did I say have a conversation with God? I took a moment to be with him.  I guess you could say the cat got my tongue.  Did I say that right?  The cat got my tongue.  IDK, somebody had my tongue 😊.  I want to be clear that the praise break wasn’t about me getting the interview per say.

The interview was a byproduct or an illustration of God hearing me the night before. Hindsight being 50/50, I see that those struggles was me trying to pave my own way vs. taking the path God had prepared for me. Mulling over this interview with the recruiter I asked God, do you not want me to excel in my career? Will exceling in this area take me away from what you’ve called me to do?  My relationship with God is such that I didn’t expect him to answer me.

These questions have been a reoccurring movie in my mind for years. Weird fact-I never asked God in grave detail about my career. I just had a lot of conversations with myself about how I thought God felt about my career.  I hope all that made sense.  The other night I muzzled up the nerve to ask him.  I went to sleep.  I didn’t think about it anymore. Today, I receive the communication to interview with the hiring manager, I was shocked, you could say surprised.

I know this doesn’t mean I have the job. It does mean God heard me and has been ordering my steps. Above all, what I thought wasn’t good enough, he made enough; more than enough. The Glory of God showed up in this situation. He showed me truly that it is not by my might, but by his anything is possible.  He showed me that he heard those private conversation that I had with myself as well as the one I had with him. 

Ease & Stillness,

Chetoca B.