Is it possible to change our calling?

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Is it possible to change your calling? Years ago, God called me to write a book. Even gave me the title for it. But here's the thing, I hate writing. I just kind of put it off and just thought, "Nah, I'll love that, God." So, instead I focused on the other things he was telling me to do. Long story short, God showed up in crazy ways by simply obeying all those other things he was telling me to do. And then he brought back the idea of a book again and said, "All that stuff I did in your life, I want you to put it into a book and tell people what I did." That feeling of "I hate writing" was still very real, but I could not deny the miracles he did in my life. So, through a lot of frustration, a year later the book was done. But, I made a huge mistake. I focused on telling the miracles. These are the things that happened. I barely talked about God. I thought talking about God would turn people away. As soon as I published the book, I felt this massive weight that I needed to go and put God back into the book. But remember, I hate writing. So, I just ignored the feeling, ignored the calling. And then the book reviews started to come in. I co-wrote the book with somebody else. They praised him. The reviews I got, pathetic American hipster Risollis. 10 years went by. And anytime somebody asked me, "What was the last thing that God told you to do?" Put him back in the book. I thought the calling would change. So, after 10 years and really wanting to dedicate my life to the Lord and live in a place of obedience, I finally faced writing again and re-edited the book putting God back into it for the 10-year anniversary edition. Guess what happened immediately after? I got a call from the History Channel asking me to be on a TV show doing an interview. In the 10 years that I wrote the book, that has never happened. But God was making it extremely clear that his way of fulfilling the calling, writing the book, was way more effective than the way I thought it needed to be done. In fact, God even says in the Bible, "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts." Now, is it possible to change your calling? Cuz remember, I didn't want to do it. Let me give you one more real-time example. Since starting this YouTube channel, God has been telling me to tell you the things that he's done in our lives you know it's possible in your life. But I don't like talking to the camera. I'd rather talk to people. So, I tried changing the calling. I'd make random videos like trick shots or how to sound like a llama. And it kind of worked. I'd get stories from people saying that this is helpful. But I wasn't completely obeying the calling. But the Bible says, "Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is, his good, pleasing, and perfect will." So, I thought, even though I don't want to do it, I made a video like this to test to see if it was God's will. And after posting it, I received a significant amount of testimonies. People saying that this is what they needed, asking me to do more of this. And even though I still don't feel comfortable doing it, it was significant confirmation that this is what God wanted me to do. And we've seen more people reach in the last 2 weeks of making these videos than we have in the history of our channel because of God, because we obeyed, and stopped trying to change the calling. Now, is it possible to change the calling? I believe so, because if somebody calls you, do you have to pick up? If somebody needs you, but you're not answering, can they call someone else? I do think it's possible that you can ignore the nudges long enough that God will get somebody else to do it. But he still wants to give you that opportunity. Will you accept it today? Let me know what that is so I can be praying for you. God bless.