Consequently, she has been looking for employment elsewhere. Preferably close to home as there is much wear and tear on the car when you have to travel nearly two hours a day. She had dropped off her resume to many local businesses, but there had been no response—except Walmart. They wanted to speak with her. They had a position, working nights that would give her the peace she hoped to find. She would be stocking shelves and working under minimal supervision. She would be alone to simply do her job without constant aggression from fellow office workers. The pay, however, would be about half of what she was earning. Someone from the Walmart personnel department called Eva and interviewed her briefly on the phone, but a more extensive interview was needed before the night job would be hers. Considering all the grief Eva had gone through, we thought God was opening a door to another place of employment.

I was on the phone with Eva, as she was telling me she had made an appointment with the Walmart people. I don't remember who decided to check with God (through the prayerful coin toss), but I remember prayerfully asking God if Eva should take this job or even have the interview. I truthfully wanted to see Eva's unhappiness at work come to an end and I did not like the results of the coin toss. It was No, do not have the interview, do not take the job at Walmart. I apologized to Eva on the phone. I told her, that though I felt prayerful about it, I was not happy with the answer I got.

Eva has had many good experiences with this method of talking to God and, though disappointed, she accepted the results. I urged her to also lay a fleece or cast a lot before the Lord so that I would not be held responsible for the results of this prayer.

A few days later, Eva, in the privacy of her vehicle, had some prayer-time and asked God if she was to have the interview. Her prayerful coin toss revealed No. She asked, further, was she to permanently forget about this job or perhaps later, apply again. Then God said, through the prayerful coin toss, that she was to permanently forget about this job.

Nature of God: God wants us to have victory where we are, not go running from place to place, trying to find victory. Over time, at her work, a large management sweep, eliminated all her bosses who were condoning some of the oppression she was under. Eva continued to strive to do God's will by loving the people she worked with—even though they do not return her love in any recognizable way. At last, she was given permission to come into work early, thereby avoiding the heavy commuter traffic both in the morning and afternoon. It was easier on her car and easier on her temperament, to not have to fight traffic for almost two hours every day. Things relaxed more at work. Eva has felt, in general, that God wanted her to have some victory at the current job, rather than start all over in a brand new job. As we review the results of God's work, through the two separate coin tosses we prayerfully had, we can truthfully say, God was actively working through them by the fruit He has revealed. In addition, Eva would have had to work at ½ the pay she was getting—but, by staying on, she actually got another raise.

I am continually amazed at how God seems to work through this method of communication. I am also continually amazed at how I, invariably, am rigid in my thinking—and unable to perceive my own best interests. More often than not, God says "Go" and I say, "Stop." In this case, however, God said "Stop" when we wanted to "Go." The point, though, is that His ways are always different (higher) from our ways, as Isaiah said.

Additional thought: What God wants us to do, we want to do. Sometimes, though, I may play a little game in which I check twice with God instead of once. I do this by asking Him first, "Is this really necessary to ask about?" I know God will always say, Yes, it is necessary to ask, when He wants something to be done. My natural man's ploy to try to make it come out my way, will not work because, really, I want it to be God's will I follow, not mine. Sometimes God says it is not necessary to ask Him. When this happens, it means it is okay to go ahead with my plans. However, He is able to see through my little game, my reticence to give up something I want to do, and He knows I will quickly come around and gladly embrace what He wants us to do.