When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the Lord, and my prayer went up to You in Your holy temple. Jonah 2:7

It is assuring to know that no matter how rebellious and ungrateful and unkind we are, whenever we are troubled, when all else fails us, that God is still merciful, and will hear and answer our prayers. Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and nights because of his disobedience to God; yet, when he called on the Lord, he was delivered. Many of us only remember God when we are troubled and all else fails. But, we need not learn the hard way like Jonah, we should be obedient to God, praying to him in good times and bad times, and acknowledge him in all our ways so that he will direct our paths. God already knows the way we should go, but he gives us the opportunity to choose, and when we are disobedient to his calling, he puts roadblocks in our way. Sometimes we yield, and sometimes we try to push through the roadblocks, but understand this, if we are obedient to God, he will make all our pathways smooth, every stumbling block he will roll away, therefore, remember the Lord your God always and call upon him, for he is a good and merciful God.