<TITLE>18. Par 62-65</TITLE>L-62 And I was standing there, and then I got real melancholy. I got thinking, "God, each one of the brothers said that they seen the ministry You gave me, and it started them on the field." I said, "To that, I'm grateful. We're all working for one big place up there called heaven." And I said, "I'm thankful for that. But" I said, "I suppose maybe You couldn't trust me, and You knowed I wouldn't be able to take up money like that. And I wouldn't have the intelligence to know what to do with it if I took it up." And I said, "I guess it just happens to be that way."
I was standing there, kind of felt a little choked in my throat, because... I don't say this... I just say this is the truth. I heard a voice just as plain as you hear me, said, "But I am your Portion."
I said, "Thank You, Lord. I'll go anywhere, any place, at any time. I want to do what You--what You'd have me to do," and thanking God. Now, Brother Osborn, and Brother Roberts, and Brother, all those precious brethren throughout the world, we're all working for one place, one place. You see?
And this, the little gift that the Lord give me is to press into these little corners. You can't be all tied up with money, and programs, and things like that. Just press into the little corners and get the thing started. That's all. And I--I--I'm thankful for this portion. I'm so glad He is my Portion, and He's the one that I'm waiting on.

L-63 Now, Jonah had a ticket to go down and wanted to go to Nineveh, what God called him to do, but he went to Tarshish. Now, you think, "Well, he done exactly what God told him not to do." But just a minute. If a prophet is led of the Lord, it always comes out right. Now, he got out there and the storm come up, and--and the seas got rough, and the boat was sinking. And they tied Jonah's hands together and his feet together, and throwed him overboard in the ocean, and a whale swallowed him.

L-64 Now, not long ago they had a whale laying on a--a big flatcar down at Louisville, Kentucky, about fifteen years ago, or maybe twenty. And they was giving a lecture. And the little scientist that was giving the lecture was making fun of the Bible. Here's what he said: said, "Now, I want you people... You know the legend..." Legend? This Bible's not a legend. It's the truth. And he said, "The legend about the whale swallowing Jonah..."
He said, "I want you to notice. You couldn't take a good sized baseball and put it in the throat of that whale. So as far as that legend, there's nothing to it. This is a good, ordinary-sized whale, and the whale could not have swallowed a man, because he wouldn't have went through his swallow. It's--it's... The most you could stretch it would only be about four inches that--that the man could've went through. And he could not have done it."
That was just too much for my Irish background, you know. I said, "Mister, I want to say a word."
He said, "Yes, sir. What is it?"
I said, "You just don't know your Bible." I said, "God said that He prepared this fish. This was a special-built bird. See, God prepared this fish. It was a different type."
This one--this one, he could've... He--he could've swallowed a house if he wanted to. God can do what He wants to. The Bible said God prepared a fish. Oh, he had a big throat in him. You see?

L-65 And so Jonah went into the belly of the fish. And you ladies know now, when you feed your little goldfish, you know what he does? He goes right down to the bottom of the little basin, and puts his little swimmers against the bottom, and rests. He's got his belly full. See? He's laying there just resting. He's done prowled through the waters until he found his food, and went down and rested. That's the way fish does when they feed: get a belly-full, they go back. The trout out here will get under a rock somewhere and rest. That's the way.
And I imagine this big old fish got a bellyful of this prophet. So he goes down in the water, and goes down to the bottom, and lays down.


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