As Friday the 4th approaches there is a great sense of expectancy among the saints as they prepare to enter the temple at six in the morning on Friday. We are committing all our plans for 2010 to the Lord. We have started to shut off every voice from our hearing; we want to hear His clear voice as we would study His Word and wait upon Him. The confusion that is Babylon has somehow crept into the household of faith and is turning the hearts of the worshippers away from the Lord Jesus.
This has happened whilst the servants of the Lord are in a deep sleep.
An unbelieving boat captain asked Jonah this question:
Jonah 1:5-6
But Jonah had gone below deck, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep. 6 The captain went to him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call on your god! Maybe he will take notice of us, and we will not perish.”
The question was a simple one: How can you sleep in such a time like this?
It is a shame than an unbeliever had to advise Jonah, a man of God to go and call on his God.
It is time we all arose from our slumber and called on our God in these perilous times.
CCF International Church 
Jonah 1:4-7
4 Then the LORD sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship threatened to break up. 5 All the sailors were afraid and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the cargo into the sea to lighten the ship.
But Jonah had gone below deck, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep. 6 The captain went to him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call on your god! Maybe he will take notice of us, and we will not perish.”
7 Then the sailors said to each other, “Come, let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity.” They cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah.
NIV
WE ARE ALL EAGERLY AWAITING FRIDAY. WE ARE INDEED SHUTTING THE DOOR ON EVERY OTHER VOICE AS WE WAIT TO HEAR FROM GOD. BECAUSE AS THE SCRIPTURES DECLARE THAT ALL THE SAILORS CRIED OUT TO THEIR OWN GODS (THEY WERE UNBELIEVERS) AND THE LOT FELL ON JONAH.
WE REFUSE TO BE SO FAST ASLEEP AND BECOME A STUMBLING BLOCK TO THE UNBELIEVER. OUR PRAYER SHOULD BE THAT WE ARE ALWAYS OPERATING IN HIS WILL AND THAT THE LOT WILL NEVER HAVE TO FALL ON US.
REGARDS
ELEANOR