HAPPY SUNDAY FOLKS! I have been intending to write this article for about a month now, and it’s just never felt right.  So it never happened, it kept getting pushed to the back burner.  The idea was there, but full inspiration never struck to allow me to put this all down on paper. And now I know why… Because if I had written it before today, I would have written it entirely backwards and it wouldn’t have been nearly as good. But today I came across the missing piece and it totally flipped this article on its head. Instead of starting where I had planned to start, that will now be the ending and I’m going to start in an entirely different place….but it’s going to be oh so much better! I should also say this is a very different article from what I normally publish.  This is not news-based and I hope this will live online for years and decades to come.  Because I think it’s that powerful.  Not because of me or anything I am going to write here, but because of the two messages I am going to show you. So let’s dive right in…. The thing that totally flipped this article was when this rare sermon from Billy Graham suddenly appeared on my YouTube feed today. I had never heard this before but it absolutely blew me away! And I think it might radically shift things for you too. First, let me tell you a little story about why this absolutely jumped off the screen to me…. I started this website back in 2015 with absolutely ZERO experience in journalism and ZERO experience doing anything online. We had zero readers, zero page views, zero funding.  We had no website.  We had no technical skills to build a website. We had absolutely nothing. But I started this because I had a passion for doing it, and that passion plus our mission of simply telling the truth without censorship led to fast growth.  We quickly gathered over 1 million people on Facebook who appreciated the work we were doing, then millions more joined our email newsletter, and now in 2025 we have over 5 million monthly readers and growing fast. But what I want to talk about is not 2015 or 2025….no, I want to talk about the dash in the middle. Because when I started this in 2015, it was as a mere hobby.  I felt a real purpose in doing it and working on this energized me, so I began to start to spend nights and weekends doing this. But I also had a job and a career and a profession, so I would do my J-O-B during the day, leaving the house at 8 am, returning at 5:30 or 6:00 pm.  And while the job drained me, working on this refilled my cup. Of course there was also family and friends who were important along the way, but for the purposes of this article I’m focusing only on the work side of things, and the job was sucking life out of me.  But whenever I could work on this it was radically different.  I had passion and I had purpose. I was good at the job, and in fact had risen to about the highest level I could reach in that particular work, but it wasn’t satisfying.  It didn’t feel like my ultimate purpose.  I didn’t want to do it for the next 20 years and then have a “retirement party” where the company brings in a sheet cake and says “thanks for all your years of service, now please leave” and we all eat cake in the break-room making awkward small talk as we always do (how was YOUR weekend?) under fluorescent lighting and white noise office machines in vanilla cubes where the biggest excitement is whether this Friday is “jeans day”!  Oh my! I was always amused by the office small talk, because it seemingly always focused only on three topics: (1) the weather, (2) the weekend, and (3) sports, particularly local college sports. And regarding “the weekend”, it seemed to me as though the focus was always just on how far away we were from any particular weekend.  On Monday, I’d say at least 10% of my work day was responding to people asking “how was your weekend?”  Sometimes that would spill over into Tuesday.  Wednesday was of course no-mans land, the memory of the prior weekend had faded, but we weren’t quite close enough to begin thinking about the next weekend.  Then came Thursday, which started up all the “got any big plans for the weekend?” small talk, which would spill over into Friday, and then Friday afternoon some people would basically say enough is enough and leave early to finally start their weekend. And round and round that cycle went, week after week after week. In fact, we spent so much time there, we would put up little pictures of our family, as if to say “I remember these people!  I don’t see them very much, so I keep little pictures of them here with me in this vanilla box where I work to remind me of the memory of these people.” So….for a large part of that 10 year “dash” period of time from 2015 to 2025, I wrestled with whether or not I should leave the job and do this full time. But as I sought advice and insight from people, I mostly got worry and fear and doubt in response.  All very well meaning, but no one really saw the vision.  Why would you leave a job where you’ve reached the top and it’s SAFE and SECURE? What if the website fails? What if people suddenly stop reading? What if Trump leaves office?  Spoiler alert: he will one day. What if Biden wins in 2020?  Spoiler alert: he did, or at least they said he did. What if Mark Zuckerberg bans you AGAIN?  Spoiler alert: He did.  Twice.  For no reason. What if the email companies ban you?  Spoiler alert: They have.  Many times.  For no reason. So many things to worry about, and yet I knew this was my calling.  It was where my passion and my purpose were found. And it wasn’t just about me, it was about serving all of you!  It was about bringing new value to the world.  Each day, new creations, new articles that we write, new truth that we help push out there past the censorship. So despite all the risks and things to worry about, despite all the attacks from Big Tech, we’re still here.  We’re still standing.  And eventually I made the very scary decision to leave the job to do this full time. And so it’s with all of that in mind, that I hopefully was able to impart to you even in some small measure, that when this message from Billy Graham popped up in my YouTube feed today I was absolutely blown away! It felt like all the tough decisions I had wrestled with for the past 10 years were perfectly summed up in one 30 minute video. Many of the things I had personally felt and said — the things that almost no one else seemed to understand — and suddenly it was Billy Graham saying them back to me!  Verbatim! I never felt like I was made to do that job for my whole life… Many people told me the job was security.  It was safe!  It was secure!  Don’t be foolish and give away the safe and secure thing, they told me! They all meant well, and looking at it from the outside-in, that’s good, solid advice. But it never felt that way to me. The job never felt secure. To me, the job felt wildly INsecure.  Unsafe.  Unreliable. It always felt to me like I was reliant upon someone else, someone who could cancel that job at any moment’s notice!  Maybe the economy takes a turn down, maybe my employer mis-manages the business, maybe a huge market crash happens. And almost no one who I shared that opinion with understood what I was saying.  They just looked back at me with these confused eyes, almost looking at me like they were sad for me and scared for me.  Poor Noah, he’s being very foolish!  Very risky!  Very un-safe! Even if we stayed in business and I kept the job, I was still entirely reliant upon someone else.  “Congratulations Noah! It’s annual review time and we’ve determined we’re going to increase your salary by 3%.  Isn’t that amazing?”  Uhhh, not really, but thanks I guess? But today,  for the very first time, I heard someone saying back to me ALL of these things I knew and felt for all these years….and it was Billy Graham of all people! I will post the full transcript of this message farther down below, but here’s just a portion to give you an idea of what Billy says in this incredibly powerful message, and I think you might just see how this absolutely jumped off the screen to me: When God made Adam, He didn’t hand him a job application. He didn’t tell him to go find employment. He placed him in the Garden of Eden and gave him an assignment. Work existed before sin. Work was never meant to be toil, struggle, or survival. Adam was given dominion, authority, and responsibility. His role was not to be employed but to be deployed — to steward, to cultivate, to expand. And yet look at the world today. We are told from childhood to go to school, get good grades, find a stable job, and retire. But that’s not God’s plan. God never intended for man to chase a paycheck. He intended man to chase purpose. He designed you to be a ruler, not just a worker — a creator, not just a laborer. When you realize that your calling is greater than a career, you begin to walk in your true identity. The enemy has tricked many into believing that security comes from a paycheck, that provision is in the hands of an employer. But the first man was not given a salary — he was given an assignment. And that same principle applies today. God did not send you into this world to be hired. He sent you to be sent. You are not meant to look for a job — you are meant to look for your God-given assignment. The world has trained people to think that success is tied to employment. From the time we are children, we are told to get an education, find a good job, earn a salary, and work until retirement. But that is not the way of the kingdom. God never said, “look for a job.” He said, “Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” (Matthew 6:33) There’s a difference between what the world teaches and what God calls us to do. The world says find a job to survive. God says find your purpose to thrive. The world says you need employment to provide for your needs. God says, “I am Jehovah Jireh, your provider.” The world system is built on labor, wages, and effort, but the kingdom of God is built on faith, calling, and supernatural provision. Because God never said, “Look for a job.” He said, “Take dominion.” And when you do, you will never lack again. A job is temporary. It can be taken away in an instant. Companies close. Economies crash. Positions get eliminated. People who put their trust in a job often live in fear — fear of layoffs, fear of unemployment, fear of not making ends meet. But purpose — purpose is something no one can take from you. The whole thing is just absolutely incredible. Please watch below, but then don’t stop there! This is just “Part 1” of this message. “Part 2” is down below, and that’s the original message that was intended to be in this article, before I stumbled upon this missing piece of the puzzle today. Please enjoy (and then keep scrolling down): https://youtube.com/watch?v=zBnGACs7Ddo&start=1048&feature=oembed Ok, now for the second half of this article. This “second half” was actually originally intended in my head to be the entire article, but God had other plans and now it’s the closing section to the introduction above. From Billy we go to Louie…. Louie Giglio is someone I view as the Billy Graham of our day. Of course the two men lived many years as contemporaries, but Louie is a few decades younger than Billy, and he carries the same kind of mantle, reaching hundreds of thousands of people with very powerful, life-changing messages. And so it shouldn’t surprise anyone that these two men are almost perfectly in sync on this topic. I wouldn’t say “Passion and Purpose and Work” were the leading topics for either of these pastors over the course of their careers, but as is evident from this article, it was something they both spoke on from time to time.  And when they did speak on this topic, it was powerful! So now we go to a message that by all accounts has been entirely scrubbed from the Internet.  Probably because the Internet, or at least social media, didn’t really exist at the time this was recorded and so it never really got posted. It’s from the Passion Conference in 2006, Passion06, an annual conference where tens of thousands of (mostly college aged students) show up to each year and pack out stadiums, often bigger and louder and more powerful than any professional sporting event or concert you might ever attend. That’s exactly what happened at Passion06, held in January 2006 in Nashville, TN. This was the closing session on January 5th, Session 6, and it was a message from Louie Giglio. While it’s been scrubbed from the Internet or perhaps never posted at all, the good thing is I was there in person and I still have the CD I purchased!  So the message lives on! As well it should, because it’s one of the most powerful messages on passion and purpose I have ever heard.  In fact, that’s was the title of it:  “Passion and Purpose”. It all comes from Colossians 3:17, which reads: “Whatever you do in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.” I won’t be able to do it justice writing about it here, but the good news is I have the message for you that you can watch down below. And I think you’ll see it lines up so powerfully with Billy Graham’s message. You see, it says “Whatever you do….” and that word “Whatever” is a very powerful word. Your Passion and your Purpose in the world could be in anything…. For me, I was good at my job, but it wasn’t my Passion or my Purpose in life, so it was taking life away from me. My Passion and my Purpose, at least partially (there may be other things that emerge over the next 50-60 years) but at least for right now, in the realm of work, my Passion and my Purpose is in running this website and serving all 5 million of you! Of course I can’t begin to really do that message justice, so I’ll just let you hear it direct from Louie.  And see if you aren’t blown away with just how perfectly this compliments Billy Graham’s message above. This is so good, please enjoy: Incredible, right? Make sure you save this article and bookmark it because people need to hear these messages. Share them with your family and friends. You may not even realize it, but I guarantee you there is at least one person in your circle of influence that needs to see this right now. Not necessarily what I’ve written here, but they need to see these two messages. For someone out there — probably many someones — this will be life-changing, and it will put them on a new path, a new destiny, to find and live out the PASSION and the PURPOSE they were created for. Does that mean all of you should quit your jobs? NO! I didn’t right away, it took me years and years. Does that mean all of you should go into the Ministry? NO! I didn’t. But it does mean you should find out what Passion and Purpose God created for you to have in life.  And then start walking towards that. I’ll end with a backup of the Billy Graham message in case this is ever needed, as well as a full transcript directly below the video: Billy Graham: God Said DON’T Look For A Job! Incredible message, I have never heard this one before! pic.twitter.com/TXqImtA1K1 — Noah Christopher (@DailyNoahNews) May 1, 2025 FULL TRANSCRIPT: Billy Graham When God made Adam, He didn’t hand him a job application. He didn’t tell him to go find employment. He placed him in the Garden of Eden and gave him an assignment. Work existed before sin. Work was never meant to be toil, struggle, or survival. Adam was given dominion, authority, and responsibility. His role was not to be employed but to be deployed — to steward, to cultivate, to expand. And yet look at the world today. We are told from childhood to go to school, get good grades, find a stable job, and retire. But that’s not God’s plan. God never intended for man to chase a paycheck. He intended man to chase purpose. He designed you to be a ruler, not just a worker — a creator, not just a laborer. When you realize that your calling is greater than a career, you begin to walk in your true identity. The enemy has tricked many into believing that security comes from a paycheck, that provision is in the hands of an employer. But the first man was not given a salary — he was given an assignment. And that same principle applies today. God did not send you into this world to be hired. He sent you to be sent. You are not meant to look for a job — you are meant to look for your God-given assignment. The world has trained people to think that success is tied to employment. From the time we are children, we are told to get an education, find a good job, earn a salary, and work until retirement. But that is not the way of the kingdom. God never said, “look for a job.” He said, “Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” (Matthew 6:33) There’s a difference between what the world teaches and what God calls us to do. The world says find a job to survive. God says find your purpose to thrive. The world says you need employment to provide for your needs. God says, “I am Jehovah Jireh, your provider.” The world system is built on labor, wages, and effort, but the kingdom of God is built on faith, calling, and supernatural provision. Look at the life of Jesus. He never told anyone to apply for a job. Instead, He called people to follow Him. When He met Peter, James, and John, they were fishermen, working a trade to earn a living. But Jesus didn’t offer them a better fishing job — He called them into a divine assignment: “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” (Matthew 4:19) He shifted their focus from a job to a mission — from employment to deployment. Many people today are stressed, anxious, and frustrated because they are chasing careers instead of chasing purpose. They are looking for security in jobs instead of finding their identity in Christ. But a job is not your destiny. God never created you to be trapped in a system of survival. He created you to walk in your divine assignment. The difference between job seeking and purpose seeking is the difference between striving and thriving. When you seek a job, you depend on man. When you seek the kingdom, you depend on God. When you seek a job, you worry about economic conditions. When you seek the kingdom, you walk in supernatural provision. When you seek a job, you compete with others. When you seek the kingdom, God makes room for your gift. You were not born to search for a job — you were born to fulfill a calling. The world says find a job. But God says, “Seek first my kingdom, and all things will be added unto you.” The question is — which voice will you listen to? A job is temporary. But your calling is eternal. Too many people spend their lives chasing positions that can be taken away in an instant. Layoffs happen. Businesses close. Economies collapse. But the call of God on your life — that is something no man can take from you. It is not dependent on the stock market, a company’s success, or even your qualifications. When God called Moses, he wasn’t applying for a leadership position. He wasn’t looking for employment — he was running from his past. But God didn’t care about his résumé — He cared about his purpose. When David was anointed king, he wasn’t in a palace. He was in a field tending sheep. He wasn’t looking for a job. He was walking in his calling before anyone recognized it. The problem today is that many people are placing their security in a paycheck instead of in God’s promise. They define their identity by what they do instead of by who they are in Christ. But a job can come and go. Your calling remains. A career might last 30 or 40 years, but your purpose was designed for eternity. Jesus Himself never had a job in the traditional sense. He wasn’t employed by the Roman government or the religious institutions — yet He fulfilled the greatest mission in history. Paul — a man who once had status and a career as a Pharisee — gave it all up to pursue the calling of God. He said, “I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.” (Philippians 3) So what happens when people chase jobs instead of purpose? They find themselves unfulfilled, restless, and constantly searching for the next opportunity. They spend their best years working for money instead of making an impact. But when you step into your calling, work is no longer about survival — it becomes about significance. You don’t wake up every morning just to make a living. You wake up to make a difference. God never intended for His children to be trapped in the temporary. He designed you for something bigger than a paycheck — greater than a position. Jobs come and go, but what God has placed inside of you is eternal. The question is — will you invest your life in something temporary, or will you step into the purpose that lasts forever? God provides. Your job is not your source. One of the greatest deceptions in the world today is the belief that a paycheck is what sustains you. People live their lives chasing salaries, worrying about job security, and fearing unemployment. But let me remind you — your employer is not your provider. The government is not your provider. Jesus said in Matthew 6:26, “Look at the birds of the air. They do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?” If God takes care of the birds — creatures that neither clock into a job nor stress about finances — how much more will He take care of you, His child? The problem is that many have put more faith in their paycheck than in their Provider. They trust their employer more than they trust Jehovah Jireh. If the paycheck is steady, they feel secure. If the job is at risk, they panic. But God never called us to live in fear of provision. He called us to live by faith. Consider Elijah. During a time of famine, he had no job, no steady income, no employer to depend on. But God commanded ravens to bring him food. And when the brook dried up, God sent him to a widow where a handful of flour and a little oil never ran out. The world system would say, “Elijah, go get a job.” But God’s system said, “Elijah, trust Me, and I will provide.” Look at Israel in the wilderness. For 40 years, they had no farms, no wages, no business connections. And yet every morning, manna fell from heaven. Their shoes did not wear out. Their clothes did not decay. Why? Because God was their source. Now this does not mean we sit around and do nothing. God blesses work — but He does not want us enslaved to the fear of losing a job. When you realize that your job is just a channel but God is the source, you stop worrying. If one job ends, He can open another door. If one business fails, He can birth something greater. The world says, “Without a job, you won’t survive.” But God says, “I will supply all your needs according to My riches in glory.” (Philippians 4:19) The question is — Who will you trust? Your paycheck or your Provider? Work is a blessing, but employment is a system. From the very beginning, God designed man to work. Work was never a curse — it was part of God’s original plan. When God placed Adam in the Garden of Eden, He gave him a responsibility. “The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.” (Genesis 2:15) But notice this — Adam was working before sin ever entered the world. That means work itself is not the problem. The issue is that after the fall, work became toil. Man went from joyful, purpose-driven labor to painful, survival-based labor. Genesis 3:17 says that because of sin, the ground was cursed and man would eat bread by the sweat of his brow. Work became laborious. It became a struggle. It became a system of survival. This is the system we see today — people working just to survive, just to pay bills, just to make it to the next paycheck. This was never God’s original intention. Employment as we know it today is a man-made system designed to keep people dependent on wages instead of dependent on God. Companies hire and fire at will. Jobs can be replaced. Employees can be used and discarded. And so people live in fear, clinging to their jobs as if their lives depend on them. But God never created us to be slaves to a system. He created us to work with purpose — to produce, to create, and to build. Look at the great men of faith — Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, David. None of them were employees. They were leaders, visionaries, entrepreneurs, rulers. They worked, but they worked in their calling, not just for a wage. Jesus Himself was not employed by anyone. He was a carpenter, yes, but He was not dependent on a business or a boss. He was fulfilling His mission. And when He called His disciples, He didn’t call them to get better jobs. He called them to kingdom work. He called them to walk in purpose, not just to earn a salary. Does this mean you should quit your job? No — but it does mean you should stop thinking like an employee and start thinking like a kingdom citizen. Your work is meant to be an expression of who God created you to be, not just something you do to survive. The world teaches you to work for money, but Jesus said, “Do not worry about what you will eat or drink or wear… Seek first the kingdom of God, and all these things will be added unto you.” (Matthew 6:31–33) So the question is — Are you working just to survive in a system, or are you working in the calling God placed on your life? One leads to frustration — the other leads to fulfillment. Which will you choose? Look through the Gospels, and you will never find Jesus telling anyone to apply for a job, chase a career, or seek employment. Instead, He constantly called people out of worldly systems and into divine assignments. When He met Peter, Andrew, James, and John, they were busy working as fishermen. Fishing was their livelihood, their trade, their business. But what did Jesus say? “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” (Matthew 4:19) Notice what happened next — Immediately, they left their nets and followed Him. They didn’t hesitate. They didn’t say, “Let me finish my work first.” They recognized that Jesus was offering them something greater than a job — He was offering them a mission. Look at Matthew the tax collector. He had a secure government job. He was making money. But when Jesus walked by and said, “Follow me,” (Matthew 9:9) Matthew got up and left everything behind. He didn’t hold on to his career because he understood that his calling was greater than his position. Even Paul — before he became an apostle — was a man of high status. He was a Pharisee, well-educated, respected, and employed in religious service. But when he encountered Jesus, everything changed. He later wrote, “Whatever were gains to me, I now consider loss for the sake of Christ.” (Philippians 3:7) Paul gave up a religious career to pursue his divine purpose. The problem today is that too many people are clinging to their jobs as if that is their highest calling. They define their worth by their employment status. But Jesus never measured a person by their career — He measured them by their obedience. He wasn’t looking for employees — He was looking for disciples. He wasn’t offering wages — He was offering purpose. Now does this mean you should quit your job tomorrow? Not necessarily. But it does mean you should change your mindset. You were not created just to be employed — You were created to be deployed. Jesus wants to use you where you are, but He also wants you to be ready to move when He calls. If He asked you to leave your comfort zone, to step away from security and into faith, would you obey? The world says, “Find a job. Build a career.” Jesus says, “Follow me, and I will make you.” What would happen if you truly followed Him? Would you trust Him enough to step into your calling? Because when you follow Jesus, you don’t just find work — you find purpose. And that is worth more than any paycheck. From the beginning, God designed man to create, build, and expand. In Genesis 1:28, He gave Adam and Eve a command: “Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it.” Notice — God didn’t say, “Go and find a job.” He said, “Be fruitful.” That means you were created to produce, not just to consume. The problem with the world system is that it trains people to be consumers, not creators. From childhood, society teaches us to study hard, get a job, earn money, and spend that money on things we don’t even need. People live paycheck to paycheck, not realizing that God put creativity, gifts, and talents inside them to produce something greater. Look at Jesus. He never lived as a consumer — He was always multiplying. When there were five loaves and two fish, He didn’t go out and buy more food. He blessed it, broke it, and it multiplied. (Matthew 14:19–20) When Peter needed money for taxes, Jesus didn’t give him a paycheck. He told him to go to the sea, and in the mouth of a fish, he would find a coin. (Matthew 17:27) The world wants you to work for money, but the kingdom wants you to work for purpose — and let money follow. The difference is this: Employees trade time for wages, but kingdom-minded people create value that multiplies. You are not designed just to take orders. You are designed to innovate, to expand, to be a blessing. Look at the parable of the talents in Matthew 25:14–30. The master gave three servants different amounts of money. Two of them multiplied what they had, but one buried his talent in the ground out of fear. The master called him wicked and lazy. Why? Because God expects multiplication — not stagnation. Right now, many people are sitting on gifts, ideas, and potential that God has given them, but they’re too afraid to step out. They stay in jobs they hate, working for survival instead of walking in their calling. But when you start seeing yourself as a producer, everything changes. So ask yourself — Are you just consuming? Or are you producing? Are you living in fear like the servant who buried his talent, or are you multiplying what God has placed in you? God didn’t call you to just make a living — He called you to create, expand, and leave a legacy. It’s time to shift from being a consumer to being a producer. Because in the kingdom, fruitfulness is not an option — it’s a command. The world teaches that you need a job to survive, but God has already placed something inside of you that can sustain you: your gift. Proverbs 18:16 says, “A man’s gift makes room for him and brings him before great men.” Notice — it doesn’t say a man’s job makes room for him. It says his gift does. Your gift is the unique ability, talent, or calling that God has placed within you. It is not something you learn from school or acquire from a job. It is something that was inside you from birth — waiting to be discovered. Look at the great men in the Bible. None of them depended on a job, but all of them used their God-given gifts to fulfill their purpose. Joseph had the gift of interpreting dreams. That gift took him from prison to the palace, making him second in command over all of Egypt. David had the gift of leadership and music. His gift made room for him, bringing him from a shepherd’s field to the king’s court. Daniel had the gift of wisdom and visions. His gift positioned him in the courts of multiple kings, influencing entire empires. The problem today is that many people ignore their gift and chase after jobs instead. They settle for employment instead of discovering what God has already placed inside of them. But if you depend on a job, you are at the mercy of the economy. If you depend on your gift, you are at the mercy of God — who never runs out of resources. Jesus Himself operated in His gift. He didn’t need a salary. His gift made room for Him. He healed the sick, cast out demons, taught with authority, and changed lives. Wherever He went, provision followed. When there was no food, He multiplied it. When Peter needed money, it appeared in a fish’s mouth. Jesus never worried about provision because He knew that His gift would always make room for Him. Many people are frustrated in life because they are working outside of their gift. They are trapped in jobs that drain them instead of walking in their calling that fulfills them. But when you begin to operate in your God-given gift, provision follows purpose. You don’t have to chase money — money will chase you. The question is: Are you using your gift, or are you burying it? The world tells you to look for a job, but God is asking you, “What is in your hands?” Inside of you is the key to your provision. It’s time to stop looking for jobs and start unlocking the gift that God has already placed within you. Because when you do, your gift will open doors that no man can shut. The world tells you to find a job, but God created you to solve problems. Every major promotion, every breakthrough, and every great leader in the Bible was raised up because they provided a solution to a problem. Look at Joseph. He didn’t apply for a position in Pharaoh’s palace — he solved a problem. Egypt was facing a famine, and Joseph had the wisdom to interpret Pharaoh’s dream and give a strategy to save the nation. That one solution took him from prison to the highest position in the land. Look at Daniel. He was a captive in Babylon, yet he became a top advisor to the king. Why? Because he solved problems. When no one else could interpret King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream, Daniel sought God, received divine revelation, and gave the king an answer. That solution made him a ruler over an entire province. (Daniel 2:48) Look at David. He was a shepherd boy, overlooked and forgotten. But when Goliath appeared and threatened Israel, David stepped up and solved the problem. He didn’t have a job in the army, but he had faith, skill, and courage. One victory over Goliath changed his life forever, bringing him into the palace. The world system teaches people to look for jobs, but the kingdom teaches people to become solutions. The people who rise to the top in any generation are those who answer the questions that no one else can. Instead of asking, “Where can I find a job?” start asking, “What problem can I solve?” Jesus Himself was the greatest problem solver. Humanity was lost in sin — and He came to be the solution. He didn’t come to apply for a religious position — He came to bring salvation. Everywhere He went, He met needs, healed the sick, fed the hungry, and brought life to the broken. Because He walked in purpose, provision always followed Him. Don’t chase jobs — chase solutions. The world rewards those who solve problems. Instead of praying for a paycheck, pray for wisdom. Instead of looking for employment, look for opportunities to add value. When you become the answer to a need, people will seek you out. You were not created to simply fill a position — you were created to fill a purpose. The world is full of problems, but you carry divine solutions inside of you. Stop waiting for someone to hire you and start walking in the calling that God has placed in you. Because when you do, doors will open that no job application ever could. Many people believe that their survival depends on a salary. They live their lives chasing jobs, fearing unemployment, and measuring their security by their bank account. But let me tell you — a paycheck is limited, but the blessing of God has no limits. The Bible says in Proverbs 10:22, “The blessing of the Lord makes one rich, and He adds no sorrow with it.” Notice it doesn’t say a job makes one rich. It doesn’t say hard labor or working overtime makes one rich. It says the blessing of the Lord does. There is a level of provision that does not come from human effort — it comes directly from God. Look at Abraham. God blessed him, and he became rich in livestock, silver, and gold — not because he worked a 9-to-5, but because he walked in covenant with God. (Genesis 13:2) Look at Isaac. There was a famine in the land, but God told him to stay where he was. Isaac obeyed, and in that same year, he reaped a hundredfold — because the Lord blessed him. (Genesis 26:12) Look at Solomon. He never asked God for wealth, yet he became the richest man in history because he sought wisdom first — and God added everything else. (1 Kings 3:13) When God’s blessing is on your life, opportunities come to you that you didn’t even ask for. Favor follows you. Doors open that no man can shut. You don’t have to beg for income — resources will chase after you. The world calls it luck, but in the kingdom, it’s called favor. Think about this — if money was the answer, why do so many rich people still feel empty? Why do celebrities, CEOs, and millionaires struggle with depression, addiction, and dissatisfaction? Because money can sustain you for a moment, but only the blessing of God brings lasting peace, joy, and purpose. Jesus said in Matthew 6:33, “Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” What does that mean? It means that when you put God first, the blessing is the result. Provision is not something you have to chase — it’s something that is added to your life as you walk in your divine assignment. So stop worrying about a paycheck and start pursuing God’s presence. Stop chasing jobs and start chasing purpose. Because when you are under the blessing of God, you will always have more than enough. The world depends on wages, but kingdom people depend on divine provision — and that provision never runs dry. From the beginning of time, God’s plan for humanity was not just to survive — but to rule. In Genesis 1:26, God said, “Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness. Let them have dominion.” Notice that word — dominion. God never said, “Let them have jobs.” He never said, “Let them be employees.” He said, “Let them rule.” The enemy knows this, which is why he has spent generations trapping people in survival mode. The devil wants you to believe that life is about working, paying bills, and hoping to retire someday. But God designed you for something greater. He designed you to have authority. Look at Adam. God didn’t put him in the Garden of Eden as a worker. He placed him as a ruler — a manager, a steward over creation. Look at Joseph. He didn’t stay a slave forever. He went from the prison to the palace and ruled over Egypt. Look at David. He started as a shepherd, but he wasn’t destined to take orders his whole life. He was anointed to be a king. Every person that truly walks with God outgrows the system of the world and steps into their divine authority. Because in the kingdom, you are not a slave to wages — you are an heir to God’s promise. Jesus didn’t come to create employees — He came to restore kingship. He said in Revelation 5:10, “He has made us kings and priests to our God, and we shall reign on the earth.” That means you were made to walk in authority. You were made to own, to lead, to govern. Does this mean you should quit your job? No — but it does mean you should change your mindset. Stop thinking like a worker and start thinking like a ruler. Stop settling for just getting by, and start seeking God’s vision for your life. Because when you realize you were created to reign, you will never live in fear of losing a job again. The world wants you to work for money — but the kingdom wants you to rule with purpose. So I ask you today — Are you living as a laborer, or are you stepping into your kingship? Because God never said, “Look for a job.” He said, “Take dominion.” And when you do, you will never lack again. A job is temporary. It can be taken away in an instant. Companies close. Economies crash. Positions get eliminated. People who put their trust in a job often live in fear — fear of layoffs, fear of unemployment, fear of not making ends meet. But purpose — purpose is something no one can take from you. Look at Joseph. His position as a servant in Potiphar’s house was taken from him when he was falsely accused and thrown into prison. But his purpose remained — and that purpose brought him into the palace. (Genesis 39–41) Look at Daniel. Kings changed, empires shifted, but Daniel remained influential because his purpose was greater than his job title. (Daniel 6) Look at Paul. He was once a Pharisee, highly respected in the religious system. But when he met Jesus, he realized his true purpose wasn’t in his career — it was in preaching the gospel. (Philippians 3:8) A job may provide a paycheck, but purpose provides fulfillment. A job can end — but your calling continues. This is why people who live for jobs often feel lost when they retire. They spent years working for a system that never truly satisfied them. But when you live in your purpose, you never retire. You keep making an impact until your last breath. Jesus didn’t have a job — but He fulfilled His purpose. He said in John 4:34, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.” His satisfaction didn’t come from money — it came from completing His assignment. That same mindset should be in you. The world measures success by titles and salaries, but heaven measures success by obedience and impact. Are you just working for a paycheck, or are you walking in the reason God created you? Because one day, jobs will fade away — but what you did for the kingdom will last forever. The world tells you to look for a job. But God tells you to look for your purpose. The world teaches you to depend on a paycheck. But God calls you to depend on His provision. The world pushes you into survival mode. But God has designed you for dominion, impact, and legacy. From the beginning, He never said, “Go and find employment.” He said, “Be fruitful and multiply.” He said, “Take dominion.” He said, “Follow Me, and I will make you.” Every person in the Bible who truly followed God — Abraham, Joseph, David, Daniel, Paul — was elevated not because they chased jobs, but because they walked in divine purpose. Jesus Himself never filled out an application. He never lived in fear of provision — and yet He lacked nothing. Why? Because He walked in the will of the Father, and provision followed Him everywhere He went. That same promise applies to you. So today I ask you — Are you chasing a career, or are you chasing your calling? Are you trusting in a salary, or are you trusting in the One who holds all provision in His hands? Because when you step into what God created you for, you will never have to chase money again. Blessing will follow you. Doors will open. Opportunities will find you. Because God never said, “Look for a job.” He said, “Seek first the kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.” (Matthew 6:33) Your purpose is waiting. It’s time to step into it. Thank you for reading. I hope this blesses you! UPDATE: I just stumbled upon another one that I have to add in! From Dave Ramsey, I think you’re going to love this: So good! And right on point with Louie and Billy! Three wise men.