I was reading the letters of John Newton...slave trader transformed by the power of the Gospel who went on to write the hymn Amazing Grace... and I came across a particular moving letter on what one thing is needful in life.
As you continue your job search in...remember that one thing that is most needful in any job search....a life of faith in the Son of God without which we are empty vessels.
Read the excerpt taken from:
http://www.puritansermons.com/newton/Newt_o13.htm
One thing is needful: to have our hearts united to the Lord in humble faith; to set him always before us; to rejoice in him as our Shepherd and our portion; to submit to all his appointments, not of necessity, because he is stronger than we, but with a cheerful acquiescence, because he is wise and good, and loves us better than we do ourselves; to feed upon his truth; to have our understandings, wills, affections, imaginations, memory, all filled and impressed with the great mysteries of redeeming love; to do all for him, to receive all from him, to find all in him. I have mentioned many things, but they are all comprised in one, a life of faith in the Son of God. We are empty vessels in ourselves, but we cannot remain empty. Except Jesus dwells in our hearts, and fills them with his power and presence, they will be filled with folly, vanity, and vexation.
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