Jonah Chapter 1 (NIV)
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.
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.
Okay Jonah, God said go one way and you went a different direction. Do you even have your spiritual GPS on? Do you know who you are running from? God is a perfect GPS before we knew there was one. God's Plan of Salvation is always going to include people--people like you and me. Where can we make our bed that He can't find us? I mean really? It's storming (Read the Book of Jonah) and the men toss Jonah over board, and at that exact moment God has a whale, (better than an Uber) right there waiting to pick him up, and take him to the shore, to spit him out. Now, really? Yes, read it....it took the whale three days to get him back to shore and vomit him up. Do you realize how hard it would be to find one man today, let alone back in the day Jonah lived to find one man a 3 days journey, by whale, to the shore? Do we really think God doesn't know exactly where we are? Do we really think we can hide anything from God?
I know, I have a hard time believing this could happen too, but the bible doesn't lie. God will have His way with those that love Him and are called according to His purposes. God is a God of second chances.
Jonah Chapter 3 NIV
"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. Jonah began by going a day’s journey into the city, proclaiming, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown.” The Ninevites believed God. "
"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. Jonah began by going a day’s journey into the city, proclaiming, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown.” The Ninevites believed God. "
ACTION STEP: Today, September 1, 2019 make a decision to locate yourself. Jonah realized where he was and when he did he realized where God was. God never forgot about Jonah. Jonah never denied God was his Lord. Turn your GPS on. God has a plan for your life.
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