How to Stay Motivated When Facing Challenges in Your Career
"Spiritually Grounded Resilience: Navigating Career Challenges with Faith and Purpose"
Challenges in your career
How do we balance work and our personal life? How do we navigate the politics at work? What do I do about feeling like an imposter and not as up to my job as my employer thinks? How do I keep from burning out? How do I deal with conflicts and disagreements at work and with coworkers? What do I do when my outgo exceeds my income?
There are many questions you may face and challenges that confront you in your career. How can we stay motivated? How can we live out all the Bible truths in our lives at work?
Know you are not alone at work or anywhere else
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: Be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; Yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Isaiah 41:10.
As a child of God, you are never alone. Remember, you are the temple of the Holy Spirit. You find he lives within you. He feels your pain. Your well-being is important to him. He will give you the strength you need. He will keep you from falling. So live in faith in the face of the challenges, knowing that you have all you need in your heavenly Father.
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. Josuha 1:9.
God tells Joshua to trust Him and never let the challenges discourage him because God is with him no matter where he goes. That same promise is true for you.
So, when you are facing challenges, look to the Lord. He is there with you, and He will not leave you alone.
Constantly growing in the inner man.
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. 2 Corinthians 4:16.
Life will wear on you. We get older; we get sick, but our inward man should grow and be new every day. Work on your spiritual life. Never let all the challenges of life keep you from Christ. Never let all the junk drive you from Jesus. Grow spiritually. Renew yourself every day.
As you read the verse, notice that it is happening. No matter what happens on the outside, the inside is getting new and newer every day.
Know every day is a new opportunity.
It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22–23.
God will always have enough love for you. You can count on that. He has more love than you have challenges. He has more love than you have failures. With his faithfulness, he promises that every day is a new day. You may think you used up all His compassions yesterday, but He has more today.
Always cast your burdens on the Lord.
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. I Peter 5:7.
Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: Psalm 55:22.
God loves you. He feels your pain and your hurt. He will meet your needs. His instruction is to cast, to throw, to pitch our worries and challenges on Him. His words assure us we are not alone. He is here helping us right now. He is there, and he will help you.
Know you must wait for the harvest; be patient.
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. Galatians 6:9.
Everything has a season. You are doing right and facing challenges, but that is the season you are in now. He will give you a harvest waiting for you, so do right. Hang in there, and know that he will give you your due in time.
Give it to the Lord.
Commit thy works unto the Lord, And thy thoughts shall be established. Proverbs 16:3.
Commit thy way unto the Lord; Trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. Psalm 37:5.
The word commit here means to roll it onto Jesus. Give it to Him. Put it in His hands. He will accomplish your thoughts when you give them to him. Roll it over, cast it on Him. Commit it to the Lord. Then, sit back and trust the Lord. He will do a work. I know you are facing challenges. I know they are hard. But I also know God is bigger and stronger. If you trust him, he will help you with the challenges.
Keep looking to the Lord.
I have set the Lord always before me: Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Psalm 16:8.
Keep your eyes on the Lord. As you watch Him, He watches you. If you focus on Him, He will not let you be moved. The challenges will come, but they will not win.
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings as eagles; They shall run, and not be weary; And they shall walk, and not faint. Isaiah 40:31.
Wait on the Lord. As you wait or trust Him, he will give you strength. You will be tired of the fight; the challenges may push you, but they will not win. You are the victor in Christ. So come on, challenges, and see what happens when I trust God.
Summary
Always align your work and career goals with your spiritual goals. Break down your goals into steps to see what God is accomplishing along the way.
Mentors are always a helpful. We need to be mentored and mentoring. We never get to where someone else can’t help us, and we should always help others.
Always be learning and growing. Never settle for what you did today or what you know today. Growth is valuable because it is expensive.
Always live a flexible truth filled life. Be willing to change. You never know what is coming your way, but you know you can trust God with it.
Develop genuine friendships that can encourage and give insights into your life.
Be grateful. See what God is doing today.
Know that when you fail, you haven’t finished, nor have you become a failure. You just need to get up, dust off, learn from your experience, and go forward stronger.
Know that life is not your work, and you are not your work. Instead, you are a child of God, and you work. So your work doesn’t define you. You define your work.
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