I'm all for climbing corporate ladders, but sometimes you have to do this

Obey the first time

We love a good corporate ladder, especially when you’ve been dreaming of the career since your early teenage years. Somewhere along the way, life and double-mindedness shifted you into a more refined direction. You’re either exactly where you want to be or where life’s decisions brought you.

There are no wrong answers, just a lot of lived lessons.

As I say ALL THE TIME, Wisdom is a far greater teacher than experience when we don’t have to experience what Wisdom has already walked through—unless Wisdom stops at the gate where only experience can carry us forth.

Wisdom says to keep trusting God and making decisions from the place of relationship with him, and he’ll orchestrate our steps. So much so, Wisdom can be found clarifying my statement above at the intersection of Proverbs 3:5-6.

I encourage you to commit it to heart and memory.

This verse will save you a lot of heartache when the path starts looking foggy. You must trust God STILL, even when you don’t want to.

I did not want to become a full-time entrepreneur.

This is my second hard launch into entrepreneurship.

Both forced.

This time, I was a lot more defiant than the first go-round. I had the safety net of living at home my first time in entrepreneurship. The Lord allowed me to survey the land of possibility before moving to Texas and working remotely for The Creator’s Law Firm. My first big girl job lasted about six months. No April Fool’s joke, even though the company let me go from my duties on April 1. My second job, The Creator’s Law Firm, lasted about two years and seven months. God needed me to leave my nest of comfort and venture into the unknown.

It’s cool!

I’m alive and well.

I discovered I could fly when I stopped letting my double-mindedness weigh me down. It only took me eleven months (this week) into it to accept that God’s called me not just to build a table, but the building and all it requires to maintain it.

Now, this is my story.

It’s not yours.

God may be calling you into full-time entrepreneurship, but let him orchestrate the details. You remain planted until He transports you into a new pot. Hear me out; I am all for building your business while working for someone else. It gives you leverage. Plus, the consistent paycheck and benefits aren’t a wrong incentive to keep showing up.

Sometimes, you’ll have to fund the dream when God calls you to it. He’ll provide the funds through your 9 to 5, but it’s coming out of your pockets.

Also, the idea of being your own boss is overrated. I suck at it! I make a lot of excuses and wonder why I am scrambling to find enough money to pay some bills because I didn’t put the systems in place (thanks to my defiance of not accepting my calling sooner) to generate the income needed to sustain myself.

God provided!

He came through because I repented and returned my hands to the plow. However, this is not always the case when delaying obedience. God is just good, and I thank him for keeping me. Our immaturity does not intimate him. That’s where Wisdom stops at the gate. I had to experience this because it’s a part of my character that God must refine to continue doing what God said the first time.

Now, what is God saying to you about you? Do you need a journal prompt? I got you.

Spend some time musing over your thoughts. Be as detailed as possible. Now, with your response, be realistic about your career desires. Are you called to climb the ladder or create a business for the ladder to reside in?

God decides.

You obey—the first time.

Don’t delay like me, praying for God to show up late in the midnight hour.

God’s plan for my life emerged front and center when I decided to go all in with my faith in Jesus.

Slow and steady.

I’m finally accepting it!

No more excuses, even when I’m good at so many things.

Doing the last thing God told me and resting in his presence. You try it. Now go back and complete the journal prompt to keep yourself accountable.

Your accountability partner,

Janae Carlee

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