How a Guy Named Nick Jumped into a Better Job
(And started making 3-4X the money he was making at his previous employer)
You’re about to hear a story about how a guy named Nick (who happens to be my brother) got unstuck from a dead end job, followed Jesus, and ended up with an amazing new employer paying him 3-4X what he had been making. Keep in mind, he’s not in a creative field, but the principals remain true for kingdom creatives as well. If you want to learn how to get unstuck from a crappy job and follow God into something new, keep reading. I'm going to turn my brother Nick into a message for you!
“I’m stuck. I’m worn out. I’m selling more than everyone here except one guy but I'm never at home and we’re still living paycheck to paycheck.” -my brother Nick, to me while talking on the phone about three years ago.
He had a job selling cars at a Toyota dealership in Ohio. He was doing well, but doing well at a car dealership still means working late hours, working weekends, and never being home.
Nick is one of the hardest workers you’ll ever meet. If he doesn’t know how to do something, he will figure it out. He has a servant's heart, and goes way beyond the bare minimum to get things done.
“Come down to TN. I’ll get you some job interviews,” I told him. “Let’s see what the Lord does.” We prayed, and Nick made a big decision.
Nick spent 500 dollars (that he did not have) on a plane ticket to Nashville that next week.
Thanks to our good friend and brother, Matt, Nick got an interview at a truck dealership here in Nashville.
Guess what?
They hired Nick! He moved his whole family down to Nashville, not just to be close to us, but to take a leap of faith for his future. Nick landed a good job that didn’t make him work weekends, and they even paid him an awesome salary to start!
(The story gets better. Keep reading!)
My point: Sometimes in life you get stuck. Most of the time, no one is going to “un-stuck you.” Sometimes the Lord shows up and does a miracle and pulls you out, but most of the time the Lord says, “Ok let’s do this together. But you’re going to have to jump.”
Nick and Erica jumped. They made a scary career jump, and a scary life jump into the unknown. They stepped out onto a bridge they couldn’t see, trusting the Lord was holding up that bridge!
Here is where the story gets better…
There are over 100 MACK dealers in the US. This week Nick found out that he ranked in the top 25 of all new truck sales reps in the entire nation, and won a MASSIVE award!
Since making the jump of faith, Nick has more than 2X’d his income, and has found a career that he really likes.
I’m writing about this for two reasons:
I’m super proud of my brother. He’s worked his butt off and he will never toot his own horn, so I’m tooting it for him. If you know me, you know that I’m a huge fan of celebrating wins in the lives of people we love. Find someone who’s winning (even if you keep losing) and celebrate them!
Are you stuck too? Waiting on the Lord is good and fine, but God wants us to do life with Him. What’s the “jump” you need to take? It might be little, or it might be moving to another state for a new job or relationship. Living by faith should mean at certain points in your life you have to jump, trusting for the Lord to catch you before you are able to see where you’re going to land.
There’s more to it than that, but it’s a start.
More money, or a better career is not the mark of great faith. But how we approach the regular things in our life is an indicator of how we believe for the big things. What takes more faith? To believe for salvation, or believe for a miracle? The same faith that believes God can move mountains is the same faith that believes Jesus can forgive our sin. It’s living water that all comes from the same well.
Don’t get to the end of your life and say, “Why didn’t I jump more?”
Whether you are a creative pro, or someone stuck in a dead-end job, it might be time to jump.
So let’s jump. Let’s trust Jesus.
Scared about jumping? Call Nick. He can talk you through it.
For glory & beauty
Brandon
