Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.
Jonah 1:3
Jonah did not want to go to Nineveh. So, instead of obeying God's command to go there and
"cry out against it" (Jonah 1:2), he headed for the docks. A ship was about to
depart, so he paid the fare and left.
A classmate of mine in seminary had a good mind and was a gifted teacher. When he was
finishing seminary, some wonderful opportunities were open to him. But he wasn't sure he
wanted what he thought would be "the humdrum" of a pastorate, even though he
felt God wanted him to be a pastor. He was looking for something more exciting. About that
time he was offered a position in a brokerage firm. There he became a successful investor.
I had coffee with him a while ago, and he expressed regret that he had not followed God's
leading into the ministry. "I still think about taking a church someday," he
sighed. It seems to me that when he was running from God, the ship of financial
opportunity was there. He "went down into it" and, to use his words,
"wasted my life."
If you believe that God is calling you to a specific task, answer yes immediately and go
as quickly as you can. Don't run from God and board a ship that's going in the wrong
direction.
-DCE
Here is my heart, Lord Jesus,
I have but one for Thee;
Oh, let my heart be Thine alone,
Thy will be done in me.
-Mick
You can never go wrong when you choose to follow Christ.