The Need and the Call

You have heard it said that the need is the call but that is not Scriptural. The need is the call to pray for workers to go.
In Jonah we read, "The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai." We are not told how the word of the Lord came to him. It may have been in an audible voice or a dream but most likely it came to him as he meditated on Scripture. As you read Ezekiel and Jeremiah you will notice that many times it tells us that the "Word of the Lord" came to them.
Jonah 1:1 - 3 says, "The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai: “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.” But Jonah ran away from the LORD and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the LORD."
If we read Jonah 1:1 - 2 followed immediately with Jonah 3:3 we would read, " The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai: “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.” Jonah obeyed the word of the LORD and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very large city; it took three days to go through it." This is how it should read but because of his disobedience we read, "Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time: “Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.” Jonah obeyed the word of the LORD and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very large city; it took three days to go through it."
God is the God of the second chance so Jonah got a second chance to obey. This time he did but his heart was not in it.