I’m sure most everyone has either heard or read the story of Jonah from the Bible. You know, the one where the guy got swallowed by a giant fish? God brought this story to my mind recently and so I read it again. Much to my surprise, I realized I was being just like Jonah. Also, there is more to the story than just getting swallowed by a fish. In the book of Jonah, it starts with God telling Jonah to go somewhere and do something he doesn’t want to do. So what does Jonah do? He tries to run away from God. It obviously doesn’t work out to well for him. But he realizes in the stomach of this fish (where he has been for three days!!!) that he needs to go where God wants him to go. I’ve said all of this so you can see how I relate to Jonah. I didn’t get eaten by a giant fish (thank God!!!) but, I did have struggles. And it’s because I wasn’t being patient and I wasn’t listening to what God was trying to tell me. I wanted to do things in my time and go where I wanted to go. But God tried to speak to me a few times and tell me what to do. I felt the Holy Spirit trying to tell me to wait until the October routes came out. But I said, “I’m waiting a year, I don’t want to wait another two months.” Then when the October routes came out, I saw route four and thought, “I’d love to go on this one, but I’m already on this other route and I’m not switching.” I even had a dream one night about getting re-routed to China but I didn’t act upon it. God was trying to tell me what He had for me to do, but I ran from it and found myself like Jonah. In a low place looking up to God to bring me through it. And He has! God has laid it on my heart to switch routes to October route 4! God has changed my whole mindset. Now it’s, “I’m already waiting a year what’s another two months?” And it was confirmed by other people that this is where God has called me. I prayed about it a lot and had other people praying for me. And I know that this is where I’m meant to be! I’ll be speaking at my church next week about going wherever God calls us. And it couldn’t be more true. Now more than ever! I’m done being like Jonah!!!
