The Belly of the Whale

He said go left… and I went right.
He said, “It’s safer by day.”
I traveled by night.
He pointed to the mountains way out west.”
I said, “That way is rocky,
I think this way is best.”
He gives me directions to lead me each day
And most of the time
I’ll go the other way.
I’m not sure why, I act the way I do.
Questioning and doubting,
What he tells me to do.
He said, “Take the road,” but I set sail
And so here I sit…
In the belly of the whale.

Sometimes I think I spend most of my time in the Belly of the Whale... If we look at Jonah we can see that he is happier in the Belly of the Whale than he is when he is doing what God has called him to do. He serves in reluctance. I am tired of sitting in the whale. I am tired of resenting God for calling me to be his. I want to serve him with every ounce of my being.