@michaelvpardo are you in the medical field by the way?
I work in a hospital but in a IT-related role.
How did you come to believe the Lord in your profession?
Dealing in exact sciences I came to believe that the universe didn’t come from nothing and that we’re not a cosmic accident of arranged molecules that evolved.
No, while an undergraduate I had an interest in pursuing an academic career and was accepted into a masters program in physiology, but had second thoughts because I'd already accumulated a student debt of about $10,000 (which was worth a bit more in 1980 than now) and while examining open jobs as an associate professor, I realized that the salaries were insufficient to justify the expenditure.
Instead, I opted to talk to Airforce recruiters, took aptitude tests, and was offered a place in the missile command (basically as a rocket scientist) , but elected to simply enlist rather than take a commission. I wanted to just learn radio electronics, but helped my recruiter out by agreeing to training for a specialty job, cryptologic linguistic specialist, because he indicated that I could switch specialties later which is what I did. I'd kept something from the recruiter about my past experience and told my interrogator for security clearance the truth, automatically disqualifying me for a top secret SCI clearance for at least 4 years, but not for a secret clearance, so I got exactly what I wanted, radio school and a spec in ground radio equipment repair.
That became my career path and after my discharge and about 6 years in a few jobs in the digital and test equipment fields, I landed in a 25 year career as a communications equipment specialist with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and retired with a disability 4 and a half years ago.
While I got a first hand look at government institutionalized corruption, there were a substantial number of professing Christians employed by the agency and some faithful coworkers patiently discussed scripture with me for a few years, harmonizing scripture that seemed contradictory to my carnal mind.
I always loved the teaching of Christ from my youth, but reading scripture from a very early age, I was unable to reconcile the God of the Old Testament with our Lord through carnal reasoning. I enjoyed reading and grew up in the middle of the space race, so I took to the sciences readily, wanting to understand the nature of creation and the truth of our existence.
What I found out over time from both my education and experience is that reality can't be completely quantified, that people will accept bad science over faith if it lets their conscience "off the hook", that the supernatural is real, and that God's word is absolutely true, regardless of whether or not its factual.
None of these things ever kept me out of trouble. Though I thought of Jesus as my master, it wasn't until I was fully convinced that scripture was in agreement with itself, that I was ready to stop doubting whether or not He is God. I never sought a sinful life style, but the pursuit of good times will generally put you in the middle of it, when you ignore the restraining influence of the law (any law.)
It wasn't until I was desperately feeling lost, condemned to hell even, that I was prepared to believe the gospel. A faithful brother in the Lord and coworker, one from a completely different background but with remarkably similar experience, after explaining the meaning of what a street evangelist words actually meant in scriptural terms, agreed to pray with me to receive the Lord. That time I said a prayer to receive Him both in desperation and in faith, believing in the promise of His word. My experience of the moment was stunning and visceral (because of my previous training in an arcane system of martial arts). We'd prayed in an employee parking lot, and even before shifting my vehicle into gear, the Lord brought to mind the parable of the fig tree and gave me the understanding that it referred to the rebirth of national Israel. Turns out that this was already a commonly held belief by many evangelicals, but it was a first confirmation of the teaching of the Holy Spirit and a first hint at my calling and mission.
Its not unusual for people familiar with my background to question how I came to believe the gospel or what they might consider a fiction, but I've found real atheism to be very rare, with the majority of my friends and acquaintances being agnostic, confused between the contradictions of life's obvious truths, and the atheism of what is now deemed pure science (most of the great discovery of the past was fueled by believers desiring to understand creation in the face of religious opposition and dogma, but vocal atheists in the scientific community redefined " pure science" in just the last century, to exclude any consideration of the supernatural or the existence of a creator .)
When science turned to foolishness, real advancement became technological rather than theoretical, and life has a way of revealing the folly of the created who deny their creator. It becomes obvious to those whom have had their eyes opened by the Lord, even as He teaches all things through the abiding presence of His Spirit.
I've read a number of pop science books written by reputable scientists and its surprising to me that many advanced thinkers come to the conclusion that there must indeed be a God and creator of the Universe, yet these stumble over the cross. You can't arrive at the truth while rejecting the embodiment of the truth, but some do eventually hear His call and respond in faith. I would hope that they wouldn't have to fall so far as I did before reaching up for His hand. Just the same, this life is a little thing in the light of eternity and God has greater plans for all of us.