This program will help you undo financial bondage.
Many people have complained that no one is hiring and that as hard as they’ve tried they cannot find a job. I’m very empathetic toward them because I understand that we have a national unemployment rate of roughly 9% and that people need to be able to provide for themselves and their families. However, I also know that God can make a way out of no way.
Most of those I talk to share with me how they’ve applied at a few places and haven’t received return calls offering them jobs. A few tell me that they’ve sent out a few resumes and have not received any responses from employers. However, when I get down to the nitty-gritty with most of them I find that they have not followed a few important principles and methods for creating income in their lives.
First, they speak very negatively about their situations, past employers, and the economy much too often. Thus, they tend to eat bad from the fruit of the lips. Complaining and speaking negatively about the availability of jobs and opportunities will not get your situation back on track if you happen to be in a poor personal economic cycle right now.
Second, they do not recognize the gifts, talents, skills, and abilities they are endowed with. Some gifs and talents they’ve used in the past and should know they have and some are latent and haven’t been used yet.
Third, they fail to look for a job like it’s a job. Many fail to also stop the flow of spending they had when they were employed and have not set priorities for funds they do have access to. Also, some still engage in habits like smoking, drinking, gambling, etc. that take away money necessary for them to make it more comfortably through the period of unemployment they are experiencing.
Fourth, they fail to recognize that blessings often come in small packages. Thus, they should not despise the day of small beginnings even when the new beginning comes after you were on a large stage previously and you would have liked to continue in that stature.
You must remember that your actual worth and stature is not based on the position, notoriety, fame, or income you have or had in the past. It is based on you being a creation of God almighty and should be augmented by your born again relationship with Jesus Christ.
I often implore those I speak with to write out a plan in which:
1) The first four hours of their working day even while unemployed is spent going from business to business in a two to three mile radius. Choose a radius that you can walk from business to business if possible so you can save on gas or in case you don’t have a car. In such commercially rich districts you will normally find 50+ employers to reach out to.
They should complete applications over and over as necessary until they saturate these employers with the knowledge that they are unlike all the other people who complete an application and then sit at home or do other non-work related stuff while waiting for their phone to ring.
They should show each possible employer that they have patience and perseverance by continuing to come back over and over and over completing more applications and asking to speak with owners and managers of the business.
There could come a time 3 to 4 months later where you may choose another commercially rich location to augment your search, but if you approach this situation like a job and do it day in and day out Monday thru Friday and maybe Saturday you will often find that employment is offered to you because of the passion and hard work ethic you display even while currently unemployed.
2) Next, the last four hours of the day should be spent going door to door in residential areas with business cards or flyers offering to provide some type of personal service that you are able to perform. We underestimate in this current society the mass numbers of people who need or want personal services performed for them and their families.
I’ve known people who have provided at the homes of others hair braiding, animal watching and walking, handyman services, lawn maintenance, snow removal, painting, mural painting in bedrooms, babysitting, home health aide, cleaning, cooking, etc. All of these things have been done without the help of employers.
In essence, the people who accomplished these tasks created their own businesses that either grew to very gainful incomes or helped tide them over until an employer hired them at a higher income.
It is not a bad thing to let the people on whose doors you knock know that you are out of work and would appreciate them giving you an opportunity to work hard performing a service that is helpful to them.
3) They should take a short break mid-morning and mid afternoon and a short lunch time. They should especially spend time fellowshipping with the Holy Spirit in worship, praise, and prayer presenting their petitions to Him so that His heart is moved to help them find a suitable income producing situation for them. Also, they should not forsake the assembly with other believers in order that they receive encouragement, uplift, and help in the time of need. They can return the favor to others later on when they are gainfully employed. Praise be to God who always causes us to triumph.
4) They augment the physical search with the mailing of resumes to businesses that they can get to if a job was offered and at which they may desire to work because of gifting, talent, skill, etc. They should shortly and often follow up with phone calls asking to speak with managers who would hire prospective employees and who would be willing to share more about the employer.
Additional resume mailing and phone calls should be made every few weeks in order that these prospective employers see your perseverance and understand your passion for working with them and working hard when they employ you.
5) They should further augment their continuous hard work and effort looking for a job like it’s a job by listing all of the family, friends, and associates in the area they are located in or they might choose to relocate to and let them know they are out of work and looking for employment.
Ask them to put in a kind word for you with their employers or any other business they may have associations with. Also, ask if they have any insight into job openings or opportunities that you could take advantage of. One of the best ways to find employment is networking with the many friends you have associated with over the years.
Again, the contacts with these friends, etc. should be made over and over every few weeks until employment is found because you want to keep it foremost in their minds that you are still searching for employment to provide income to help you care for yourself and family.
6) They should also look for opportunities to volunteer at churches and charities as many times these stints help you network into employment and friendships that can tide you over until a better ship comes in.
7) Certainly, if you are able to get some free or low cost education and training during this time that can help you get on the path to gainful employment, then by all means do so. You may also be able to obtain some needed free education and tools to help you at your local library. Usually though, the thing that most unemployed people need is some amount of income to help pay the priority bills and get them through to a better economic time.
I’ve had numerous people tell me they weren’t going to work for the little bit that people might pay them for personal services. My response has been, so is it better to sit around doing nothing most of the day than to make the few dollars that you can make doing something worthwhile with your time and talent. Inevitably, I continue to see many of them stay in the poor economic situation they were in when I spoke with them. However, all those who have taken the position that it is better to earn something and spend their time expediently have been blessed and have moved on to better economic times. This is my hope for every currently unemployed person.
If you’ll take reasonable steps daily to find gainful employment and income producing opportunities God will provide helps and tools to get you to your destiny. The determination of how long and how much other people will lend themselves to help you will often come down to the effort they see you putting into making your situation better. So give them absolutely nothing to look negatively on and remember if a man will not work (even when he is so called “unemployed,”) he also shall not eat.
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Genesis3:17-19, Proverbs 19:24, Ecclesiastes 11:4-6, Matthew 25:20-21, Luke 19:16-17, Romans 12:6-13
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