Trusting God After Losing a Job — What Happened Next Could Only Be God

The world was quick to tell me I had failed, and fear, doubt, and pressure tried to fill my mind—but when I fell to my knees in prayer and opened God’s Word, the noise lost its power, and what felt like failure was actually God redirecting my path.

Today's testimony is brought to you by our Heavenly Father.

I have not been hesitant to share our most recent adventures, but I wanted to share how the Lord is moving through them. Losing my job was a shock. It literally came out of nowhere, and it happened for reasons that are honestly laughable.

The biggest reason I am okay with this is that this shop had become such a burden and struggle for me. I realized after being there for a while that their values and my values did not line up. Luckily, I was in a position where I could advise and mitigate the markup and other back-office things. After some time, I started to notice they were overriding almost all of my "corrections" and being dishonest about the severity of the repairs needed on estimates.

It caused me a lot of inner turmoil, but I stuck with it to see if I could still make a difference.

My direct manager and I regularly had conversations about God and the Bible. After a few months of those conversations, she decided to dedicate her life to God through baptism. I do not know if our talks played any part in that decision, but either way, I was honored to be invited to witness it.

I knew the Lord was doing work there in some way, and that was all the encouragement I needed to stick it out. There were many times I wanted to walk away, but I couldn't.

One particular day was my one-year anniversary with the company. I had been sick the day before and came back the next day to a complete mess. My job was difficult, and so far there were no other people who could do it the way I could.

The Lord had put me through years of training that equipped me to handle that position with ease. The day after my days off was usually spent cleaning up messes and reorganizing mistakes.

My wife texted me late that morning asking how I was doing and updating me on her morning with the kids. I responded with, "Super crazy busy this morning, I love you."

I barely had time to check my phone.

Later that day, my wife felt the urge to pray for me. Her prayer was asking the Lord to show me if I was appreciated or not, expecting maybe I would get some kind of one-year celebration or recognition.

Well… I got an answer.

Not exactly the answer she or I expected, but this was undeniably the Lord.

That night the enemy jumped on me and sank his claws in.

"I failed again."

"I am a failure."

"How am I going to support and help my family now?"

I couldn't sleep for a while. My mind just kept replaying everything, questioning it all and wondering if any of it had been worth it.

Then I prayed.

I thanked the Lord for His direction in my life. I thanked Him for making it loud and clear. In that moment, trusting God after losing a job stopped being just an idea and became a decision.

Instantly, peace came. I remembered that this was happening because God was making a change of course — a new adventure. The excitement started to fill my heart. My Heavenly Father was answering my request for a new path.

I slept well after that.

Within the next day and a half, I had two job offers.

I do not even know how one of these people knew I was available.

"Hey Kevin, I heard you were no longer at that shop. Do you want to come work with me?"

Since when did I become a desirable person like this? I do not know. All I know is that trusting God after losing a job allowed me to see His hand moving in ways I never expected.

The truth is, what felt like a failure was actually God redirecting my path.

And honestly… what happened next could only be God.

Thank you, Father, for one more day.

Amen.

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