The Longest Interview

I’ve always joked that it takes years of interviews for someone to hire me —
mostly because I never went looking for a job.

Every role I’ve ever stepped into came through someone who had already seen my work.

No résumés. No interviews. Just presence meeting need at the right time.

And this morning, I realized something gentle but profound:

Christ has been my longest interviewer.

This discernment has been unfolding for over thirty years —
not through questions, but through quiet proximity.

He was the Teacher then, showing me how to see.
He is the Reviver now, reminding me how to be.

That second movement — from seeing to being — is something I explore in Why Jesus Is My Mirror.

It’s strange, really —
I thought I was preparing for different jobs,
but what I was really preparing for was presence.

Not a career path.

A calling that never stopped asking:

“Will you stay awake to grace, even here?”

Maybe this isn’t the end of the interview at all.
Maybe it’s just the moment I finally realized
who’s been asking the questions all along.

Reflection

We spend so much of life preparing for the next opportunity —
but what if presence is the preparation?

Take a moment to look back:

Where in your life has grace been interviewing you all along—
not for what you can do, but for how deeply you can be?