It was about 3 years ago when I felt God giving me a desire to move away from promotions to purpose. But I have to be honest I struggled with this feeling because this was the first time I was doing something I loved, had a ton of flexibility so I felt really balanced AND I was being paid very well. In the past I would have a job I loved but it paid poorly or the opposite I didn’t enjoy my job but was paid well. So many changes were happening within the organization and I thought if God didn’t want me to be there he would simply eliminate my job. My job did get eliminated 3 times but instead of loosing my job my income tripled in 5 years. So I moved to saying I am not going to go until God says so.
Knock, knock, knock I felt God moving me in the direction to leave but again I was not sure how this was going to work out. Although things were going great at work I realized I was not as balanced as I believed because my children were growing quickly and my marriage was falling apart. So my challenge was how could I leave my job and my husband? Instead of listening to my “logical” direction I choose to draw closer to God. I made a commitment to talk to God each morning before I spoke to anyone else so I could have a clear mind. The Lord started to reveal some stuff to me and as you get to know me better I will share more. Bottom line I had been more of a problem with my marriage that I would acknowledge until God started to reveal things to me threw his word. I submitted to what he revealed and marriage became better than ever. It remains that way.
The next area I recognized I needed to focus on was my health so I focused on that and made some changes to my body image. Which my husband and I are still enjoying. Time with my children was the final area he helped me to realize was not how I wanted it to be. Specifically, I wanted to travel less. At the point I wanted to change how much I traveled my job was going threw another restructuring and I applied for one job that would take me off the road. God blessed me with this job and a host of other experiences that have lead me to where I am today.
It was not an easy decision but after 3 years of God revealing things and preparing me I left my comfortable six figure income to do his will 100%. Right now I am still in the introduction part of the book but will continue to keep you all posted about how things are working out. What I do know is I have not had this much peace(Phil. 4: 7) about any career decision in my life and I am excited about how God is going to allow me to use the gift he has trusted me with to do work that will glorify him.
Stay tuned and glory be to God,
LaTashia Martin, your Career Coach