The Ohio Independent Baptist, April 1963

nn ,, 1n ft n f br!lpi~r t thn t\ll\l lh ... l ... Choosing a Career By Adrienne Russell ..,\1 l1l1n1 , , 111 I 111arr} ?" and ' 'What ,, 111 1 d fl r a 11, 1ng·. ·· are pr b abl, c,, o l f tht= n1 t 1111por tant que ti n ,, c ,v1ll e, er ha, e t an , er . t mo t f t1s g1, e , cr 1 li ttle thought to the \,.h i e f an ccupa ti n. I n I K ing 17 \\'e find the princ iple that the L rd \\ ill not give u a job that 1 .. t hard f r u to do. W e m ay think. i t i in1po ible, but the Lord 1-- al,, a) ,vi th u and i ready to he~p. \'' e r ad in f a tthew 4 : 1 -22 that \: e are to be fi her of men . " J e u , \\ 'alking b}' the Sea of Galilee, aw t\\ o brethren S imon , called P eter and ndrew, hi bro ther, casting a net into the ea: for they were fi h er . And H e aith unto them . 'F ollow me and I will make you f i h er of men. ' And the)" tra ightway left their net and followed h im . And go ing on from thence. he aw o ther two brethren J ame the on of Zebedee, and John hi brother , in a h ip with Zebedee their father mending their net ; and he called them. And they immedi ately left the h ip and their f ath er and fallowed h im .' ' If we fall ow Chri t H e i able to make u anything He wants u to be. God ha no u e for tubborn or la2)r people. H e wants pliable Chri - tian . For example: God could not u e Jonah until h e wa w illing to do the job that God had planned f or him. When Jonah graduated fr om "Whale Uni\.rer ity'' God wa able to r eally u e him; Elijah al o did wh at wa impo ible ex,:ept for the power of God in hi life. To learn what the Lord want u to do we hou ld be: ( I ) Prayerful. ( 2) P atient , and ( 3 ) Pliable. Paul ay that we are not r ewarded for our ··bigne " or ucce , but for our faithfulne . We hould try to be faithful tn the mall t ask that eem • unimportant. o matter what the Lord a k u to do, \\ e hould do it willingly and cheerfull) a unto H im - vlhether it be doing our homework, babysitting. or witnes ing to clas - mate . We cannot prove that we are Page 12 APRIL 19 6 3 areers or ahl c t ) h a rldlc big j b t111le~ we fir t pro , c t1r t a ithf t1l11 ·5 in doing mall , c er}tl a j b . We hould remind o t1r clv that it wa only after David pro ed hin1.. elf faithful in tending hi fa ther' heep and running er- r and that od could tru t him with th bigger job of killing the giant, pl a ing mu ic for King Saul, and fin– ally, becoming the king him elf. Here are a few tip on finding the career in which God can be t u e you: ( 1) Alway be faithful in prayer and Bible reading. God doe n 't u - ually lead u apart from Hi Word. He never lead u contrary to Hi Word. To learn what Hi will i for u we mu t pend time with Him. ( 2 ) Be rea enable. God doe n't make unrea enable demand of u . He would not, for in tance, be likely to call a man with two wooden leg to be the world champion track tar. ( 3) Evaluate yourself. If you are thinking about three or four occupa– tion that you might like write them on paper and then list your traits that would he~p you in each occupation. ext, Ii t your trait that would hinder you. Under that put your bad trait which can be overcome, and finally write down the good trait that you . can acquire. (4 ) Talk with a guidance coun elor. Most chool give te ts that help you to know what your aptitude are. The Kuder Preference Record , a five or ix page booklet, can be very helpful. It purpose i to find out what job you are really interested in. It a ks the que tion : ' If you had to choose one of the fallowing to do for the rest of your life, which would you choose first? What would be your econd choice? What would you least prefer doing?" Then it lists such thing as : ( 1 ) Nur ing A note f rom the editors: This is the f irst in a series of articles in wliich our young people plan to dis– cuss career opportunities f or Christ– ians . We wish to thank Mr. Boyd Max Dowell, Assistant Professor of Ps) 1 chology at Cedarville College , for the inter view }1e granted , and for his help/ ulness to Adrienne and Richard in preparing these articles. ri st ians (2 ) Teaching ( 3) ecretary or: ( 1) C"lergy ( 2 ) Pharmaci t ( 3) tore clerk or: ( 1) Guidance coun elor (2) Denti t ( 3) hri tian port writer ( 5) Read book about career . A k your chool librarian and the public librarian for help in locating material about the career you are intere ted in. The book Career Op– portunities may be obtained free of charge by writing to: C areer Infor– mation Service, New York Life In- urance Co., Box 51 , Madi on Square Station, New York 10, New York. T he book explains what different career are like, what education and training they require, and where ad– ditional information can be obtained . The e tip can be helpful, but we hould each be careful not to make our plans purely on the ba i of our own rea oning. Wise King Solomon wrote, Tru t in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own under tanding. In all thy way ac– knowledge Him, and He hall direct thy paths" (Proverbs 3 :5,6) . What– ever the Lord lead u s into, we should do it with our whole heart . "Whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God" ( I Corinthians 10: 31b). What is Your Answer? You may have to u e your Bible concordance to find the an wer to thi bible arithmetic puzzle. After you have earched your Bible, and have solved the puzzle, write your an wer on a po tcard and send it to: Ohio Independent Bapti t , Bapti t Youth Fellow hip Page, Mr. and Mr . Stuart L. Chaffe, Editor Cedarville, Ohio. Plea e include your name, age and the name of your church. Bible Arithmetic Puzzle 1. Take the number of Phili tine Sam on lew with the jawbone of an as . 2. Add the number of ong that Solomon compo ed. 3. Divide by the number of wi e virgin who had oil in their lamp. The OHIO INDEPENDENT BA PTIST