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

How many of us are driven to prayer when we are faced with trials and temptations? Very few. We are instead fearful and rebellious, we never take a moment to reflect on how we got to where we are, and if our disobedience to God is the reason; instead we look for someone to blame, we look to other sources for help instead of crying to God. When Jonah was in the belly of the whale, it was then that he remembered God, and he had time to reflect on how he ended up in that dark hole, he remembered God’s instructions to him, and he said, “when my soul fainted within me, I remembered the Lord and cried out to him and his prayer went up to his holy temple.” My brothers and sisters in Christ, when God has his hands on you, nothing but good will come of it. You will go through storms and come through them, you will go through fires and you will not be burned, you will go through valleys and dark hills and you will not get lost, for God is mysterious, he has his way in the whirlwind and the storm, you don’t know the path he will choose to get you where he wants you to be, just always be obedient to his call and he will provide a covering for you wherever you go. Praise the Lord!