You are not alone, we all hit seasons when we feel like our lives aren’t going anywhere. All dressed up and nowhere to go. I have these same struggles currently in ministry. Discouragement sometimes overwhelms me when people ask how many young adults we have at In Triumph. People somehow associate a number, or the lack thereof, with God’s favor and blessing on our lives and mission.

While in this season of despair my sweet heavenly Father encouraged me with a bit of imagery. He put a visual in my head of Jonah and the whale. While stuck in the belly of this whale, Jonah never considered that this giant fish was still swimming forward according to the purpose of God’s will. This increased my faith in the sovereignty of our Lord!

So if you feel stagnant in your life or ministry at times, be encouraged, these things will work together for good, for those called according to his whale…. I mean will.

In Christ & In Triumph,

Pastor Pete Orta

bible references

• Romans 8:28
• The Old Testament book of Jonah