My job is going away. I wrote before that it was “likely” going away. At one point, I posed the question, “Should I quit?” But today I received a phone call that made it clear. I am on the clock. The job is going away, and I am being graciously granted a head start before my paychecks stop.

Just a few weeks ago, there were at least two firm job offers coming my way. They each appeared to be taking me down a different path from what I felt I was hearing from God. I prayed for clarity and strength and for God’s will to occur. Interestingly, those opportunities have receded into the darkness and, at least for the moment, vanished.

As my current job is in a free fall, my safety nets removed, I’m also knee deep in resolving some core issues stemming from childhood. Dark corners of myself that I finally found the bravery to drag into the light. I feel like I’m at war. My life is quickly approaching an inflection point, where I either branch in the direction God would have me go, or I retreat to a position of safety where I feel more in control.

After hanging up the phone today, I called upon God’s word for comfort. I randomly flipped to a passage that starts in Jeremiah 4:5. In my Bible it’s titled “An Imminent Invasion.” It paints a picture of a coming enemy, calling for people to take cover, to beware of great destruction. It’s described as a dry wind blowing in the wilderness, and as a warrior with horses swifter than eagles and chariots like a whirlwind, ready to plunder.

I am at war. God is allowing my faith to be tested, to be stressed, to be placed in crisis. He’s in this battle with me. Fighting for me. In the midst of trying to break free from the chains of my past and navigate an uncertain future. In the midst of a dry wind trying to overtake me. The enemy is at the gate, and I have to trust God’s provision and intervention. His resolution. His strategy for winning this war.

I’m asking for prayers. Prayers for strength. For courage. For obedience. For resolve. The invasion is imminent, and how I respond to it will make all the difference in whether I stay in the trenches with God and fight for His will or retreat to a high hill where I feel safe, but defeated.