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💡 Job Search Tip: How happiness (and joy) and career growth can be found through volunteering and serving others

✝ Devotional: Serve…One of the 7 Decisions that Will Change Your Life - Part 5 of 7

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Job Search Tip 💡

How Volunteering and Serving Others Can Impact Your Life and Career.

Serving others is what we are called to do, to be the hands and feet of Christ without expecting rewards. By creating opportunities for others, we gain joy, purpose, and fulfillment, and sometimes new opportunities in our lives. Volunteering and serving, when approached with a pure heart and intentions, can help our career growth and job search.

Volunteering not only benefits the community but also provides personal rewards such as increased happiness, career growth, and fulfillment. It can help alleviate burnout, stress, and mental health issues. Despite busy schedules, it's possible to make time for volunteering, which can even make you feel like you have more time.

Volunteering can positively impact your salary and career. Studies show that volunteers often experience salary increases, better employment, and higher wages. This is likely due to networking opportunities and the skills gained through volunteering. In fact, 19% of people volunteer specifically to build their skills. Check out this interesting Forbes article on this topic:

For Happiness And Career Growth, Consider The Power Of Volunteering

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Weekly Devotional 🙏🏼

Divine Direction: 7 Decisions that Will Change Your Life - Part 5 of 7

Source: Divine Direction by Craig Groeschel

Serve

Serving others does not come naturally to me. I’m a self-centered person. I like it my way. It’s not something I’m proud of, but unfortunately, it’s true.

I’m not the only one. All of us can be a bit self-centered. By nature, we are selfish people. Just think about it: you don’t have to teach a child to be selfish. According to Jesus, life is not all about us, and yet everything in our culture (including that burger place) tries to tell us to have it our way.

One of the quickest ways to forget about God is to be consumed with “self.” Jesus had pretty direct words for those who wanted to follow Him. He said, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.” Matthew 16:24 NIV

God wants us to have it His way. And He’s not talking about extra meat, hold the lettuce.

Speaking of food, Jesus made a statement that should make us pause before we order our next burger. “My food … is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.” John 4:34 NIV

Imagine being able to say, “My food is to serve God. My food is to please Him. My food is to complete the assignment God sent me to do. My food is to do the will of my Father and to finish His work.” That’s a different kind of nourishment. That’s living with divine direction.

When all of culture says, “Fill yourself,” God tells us to fill others.

When the people around us say, “Get all you can! It’s all about you,” God wants us to contribute rather than to consume. When all of culture says, “Fill yourself,” God tells us to fill others. God didn’t create us to be takers. He created us to be givers. Rather than focusing on our desires, we are called to focus on the needs of others. Instead of cutting to the front of the line, we are called to wait at the end. God created us to serve.

This kind of living will change your story.

Think about it. The stories you love reminiscing about are the ones when you helped your neighbor, got involved at church, or gave something away. That’s because we were made to serve just as Jesus did on earth. The decision to serve may not feel natural for you. It wasn’t always for me. But I’ve realized serving isn’t something we do. A servant is who we’re called to be. Because when we serve, we become like Christ.

Pray: God, how are You calling me to serve? Who are You calling me to serve? Where are You calling me to serve?

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