READ: Matthew 22:1-14
But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
Jonah 1:4
Be careful you do not make light of the call of God. Do not trivialise the call you are getting from the Lord. I know many people who work in the secular world but should actually work in the church. They are priests who shunned their calling and went after secular things.
Many curses are released because people make light of God’s calling. I remember a story I heard from Derek Prince, about how the Viceroy (the British Governor of India) invited one of the commanders of the British Army in India for dinner. This army commander decided not to honour the invitation and it sparked a big problem for him. I think the Viceroy had the officer relieved of his command or sacked for not honouring the invitation for dinner.
Indeed, God has also invited us for a great dinner. If spurning an invitation of the Viceroy could lead to such trouble, then how much more trouble can we expect for refusing the invitation and call of God? So why do people make light of the call? People make light of the call because they do not know that they will get into trouble for rejecting the call of God.
Go and ask Jonah what happened to him when he made light of the call of God and went about his own business. Jonah encountered an incredible storm and then encountered an angry mob who voted to throw him into the raging sea. Jonah then was attacked and swallowed by a large fish. For three days and nights Jonah was in the belly of the whale and in the midst of great difficulty. Trouble awaits those who make light of the call of God.