Shortly after I became a Christian, I interviewed for
my first professional job. The manager to whom I would later report mentioned that the territory was open because the previous salesperson had falsified call reports and been fired for a lack of honesty. I jumped in, declaring my newly found faith and its emphasis on integrity, assuring him that he would have nothing to worry about with me.
Later, in de-briefing the interview with the recruiter with whom I was working, the recruiter shared that my interviewer had seen my declaration of Christianity as a negative and was afraid that I would use my position to proselytize my
customers. It was my first experience with the conflict between the world’s expectations and my faith.
I didn’t know what else to do, so I prayed and asked God for direction. And, in a flash I received – nothing. God was not going to bail me out with a simple and direct strategy. Rather, he was expecting me to dig deeper for the answer.
