No jobs

The December job figures were just released, and once again California lost jobs - 39,000 last month alone. The jobless rate remained at 12.4%, so that means that several tens of thousands of people must have just given up looking for work to make up for those newly unemployed. What are we going to do? Well, I'll leave the public policy suggestions and decisions to those with more knowledge in that are than me. But I do know this - our God can be trusted when we trust Him and do what He has told us to do. That doesn't necessarily mean that every Christian will have a job, even when others do not. God does not seem to work that way. I suspect that it is because if it could be statistically proven that Christians are employed at a greater rate than others, some would accuse us of favoritism and others might decide to follow the Lord just for the job. So how does this work? Well, it may be that some will have divine intervention on the job front. But most of us will just have to be our brother's (and sister's) keepers and look out for and help each other. That used to be how the church did it anyway. So maybe today we should all look for how we can help a brother or sister in the Lord who is in need. "By this shall all men know you are my disciples - if you love each other." - Jesus

Pastor Ken