Wow! Just came out of the craziest week!
I posted on FaceBook:
"So,
will the writer of this Twilight Zone episode that I seem to be living in please step forward...
can I have my life back now?"
That had to be one of the craziest weeks I've had in about 7 years.
The bad news, I was going to lay it ALL down and walk away. My faith, my calling, my ministry...
I was looking for a place to live, trying to find a divorce attorney, and I was walking away from my faith and calling.
?!?!?!?!
"For God's gifts and His call can never be withdrawn." Romans 11:29 NLT
That's a verse to remember...
I saw a piece of paper. On it I had written something that God showed me in church. It said:
"Jonah,
how can they hear except one be sent,
and, lest I become a castaway."
With everything else that was going on, and me dropping everything, a brick to the face would have been gentler!
We all know the story of Jonah. God told him to go to Nineveh. Instead, he jumped a ship and headed the opposite direction. God prepared a big fish, and Jonah spent 3 days in the fish's stomach.
The second part is Romans 10:14-15. Yep, I'm called, but I haven't been "sent" yet.
The last part is 1 Corinthians 9:27; you can preach to others and end up disqualified yourself.
Jonah was sent, but he disobeyed; he paid a price.
For someone to come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, someone has to preach it.
Take heed! You can preach and turn right around and lose your own salvation!
Work out my salvation with fear and trembling (Philippians 2:12); got it.
That note scared me pretty bad.
I didn't want to die, then have God bring me back just to get the point across.
That was the turning point right there. I did what I had to, to get things back on track and make things right.
What a week!
But it ain't over yet...
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