Crazy can be both good and bad. In today's case, it will be good. VERY good in fact. Have you ever had God tell you something? If you haven't, I can vouch that is is a very amazing, confusing, and overwhelming feeling. Especially if it is something really insane and crazy. So crazy, you might just want to follow your heart and ignore God. You might say "This has been my dream for such a long time. Now re-read that. MY dream. Is it God's plan for your life? More than likely not. Which leads us right into today's Bible passage.
Jonah 1:1-16
So a couple weeks ago, I got offered a position at none other than Disneyland. Everybody since they were a child have dreamed about working there, and I was no exception. In fact, I have been applying there for 3 years and I finally I get offered a position. I accepted the position right away. There's three parts to the Disneyland position acceptance process. You have a week to do all three parts. I accepted the position but I still had 2 other steps in order to officially be a cast member. That gave me a full week to pray about it. So I did just that! I had till the next Wednesday to decide and sure enough, on Monday night, I just felt God telling me no. Let me tell you something even crazier. The position at Disneyland was a paid internship with housing and I had another potential internship that was not gonna pay, and that was at my church.We all have decisions to make in our lives, especially when you come of adult age. I had one to make, and you may have one to make soon. I and you have two choices: follow God's plan or do what Jonah did. I could have gone to Disneyland and might have had a miserable time and might have had to quit or follow God's plan and follow my other dream of being a Youth Pastor. I did just that and I can tell you one thing, I'm just about the happiest I have ever been in my entire life.
God's plan isn't bad so just follow it! Listen Up to what He is telling you!
Until Next Time, Alex
Jonah 1:1-16
The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.” But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lord. Then the Lord sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship threatened to break up. All the sailors were afraid and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the cargo into the sea to lighten the ship. But Jonah had gone below deck, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep. The captain went to him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call on your god! Maybe he will take notice of us so that we will not perish.” Then the sailors said to each other, “Come, let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity.” They cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah. 8So they asked him, “Tell us, who is responsible for making all this trouble for us? What kind of work do you do? Where do you come from? What is your country? From what people are you?” He answered, “I am a Hebrew and I worship the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.” This terrified them and they asked, “What have you done?” (They knew he was running away from the Lord, because he had already told them so.) The sea was getting rougher and rougher. So they asked him, “What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?” “Pick me up and throw me into the sea,” he replied, “and it will become calm. I know that it is my fault that this great storm has come upon you.” Instead, the men did their best to row back to land. But they could not, for the sea grew even wilder than before. Then they cried out to the Lord, “Please, Lord, do not let us die for taking this man’s life. Do not hold us accountable for killing an innocent man, for you, Lord, have done as you pleased.” Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm. At this the men greatly feared the Lord, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows to him.
So a couple weeks ago, I got offered a position at none other than Disneyland. Everybody since they were a child have dreamed about working there, and I was no exception. In fact, I have been applying there for 3 years and I finally I get offered a position. I accepted the position right away. There's three parts to the Disneyland position acceptance process. You have a week to do all three parts. I accepted the position but I still had 2 other steps in order to officially be a cast member. That gave me a full week to pray about it. So I did just that! I had till the next Wednesday to decide and sure enough, on Monday night, I just felt God telling me no. Let me tell you something even crazier. The position at Disneyland was a paid internship with housing and I had another potential internship that was not gonna pay, and that was at my church.We all have decisions to make in our lives, especially when you come of adult age. I had one to make, and you may have one to make soon. I and you have two choices: follow God's plan or do what Jonah did. I could have gone to Disneyland and might have had a miserable time and might have had to quit or follow God's plan and follow my other dream of being a Youth Pastor. I did just that and I can tell you one thing, I'm just about the happiest I have ever been in my entire life.
God's plan isn't bad so just follow it! Listen Up to what He is telling you!
Until Next Time, Alex
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