i love Jonah...i really do...
(he and peter are my favorite 2 men in the Bible!)
i love him because i can relate to him...
at times he's a real chicken, proud, stubborn, self-pitying and completely ridiculous!
God comes to jonah and gives him a task to do.
He wants jonah to go and warn the ninevites to repent, to turn from their evil ways.
instead of going to nineveh, he tries to run away from God...
this is so funny to me, i gotta say - trying to run away and hide from God!!
you see, jonah, the israelite, was sworn enemies with the ninevites and had no wish to warn them to repent...he didn't want them to be saved and he sure as shooting didn't want to be the messenger!
so this silly man tried to run away from God...
have you ever done that?
knew what our Father wanted of you...knew what the right path was, but you just turned away and did your own thing and went your own way?
i get Jonah...i totally do...i've been just like him...
stubborn, self-pitying, arrogant and rebellious...
so let me save you some time and effort...
you can never truly run away from God...
it can't be done...
ever.
you can ignore Him...
resist Him...
deliberately do the opposite of what He's asking you to do...
but you can't outrun or hide from Him...
and when we stop running, when our knees buckle and we're struggling for breath, if we just look up, we can see His hand outstretched towards us and after we put our hand in His, we'll wonder why we were ever running to begin with...
as always, please feel free to email me with any questions or comments:
laineyrose7@yahoo.com.
God bless to all!!
(he and peter are my favorite 2 men in the Bible!)
i love him because i can relate to him...
at times he's a real chicken, proud, stubborn, self-pitying and completely ridiculous!
God comes to jonah and gives him a task to do.
He wants jonah to go and warn the ninevites to repent, to turn from their evil ways.
instead of going to nineveh, he tries to run away from God...
this is so funny to me, i gotta say - trying to run away and hide from God!!
you see, jonah, the israelite, was sworn enemies with the ninevites and had no wish to warn them to repent...he didn't want them to be saved and he sure as shooting didn't want to be the messenger!
so this silly man tried to run away from God...
have you ever done that?
knew what our Father wanted of you...knew what the right path was, but you just turned away and did your own thing and went your own way?
i get Jonah...i totally do...i've been just like him...
stubborn, self-pitying, arrogant and rebellious...
so let me save you some time and effort...
you can never truly run away from God...
it can't be done...
ever.
you can ignore Him...
resist Him...
deliberately do the opposite of what He's asking you to do...
but you can't outrun or hide from Him...
and when we stop running, when our knees buckle and we're struggling for breath, if we just look up, we can see His hand outstretched towards us and after we put our hand in His, we'll wonder why we were ever running to begin with...
as always, please feel free to email me with any questions or comments:
laineyrose7@yahoo.com.
God bless to all!!
