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Jonah reacted like many of us. He did not want to participate in God’s plan. So, he ran away. Or, at least he tried to. When God calls you to His service, surrender to His will, understand God’s love and mercy for all, and do the best you can do in His service. Jonah was a runaway. But God would not let him run. Jonah finally relented and did what God wanted and God had mercy on the people of Nineveh. They repented as a result of Jonah’s witness to them.
For those who believe the Bible is no longer relevant, consider this: Why was Nineveh a bad place in God’s eyes? Why did God choose a common and ordinary person to go witness to these people? When we compare Nineveh to our world today, there is no difference. Nineveh was a place of idolatry. We replace God in our lives with work, television, fishing, golf, etc. These are idolatrous in displacing God as our first love. Nineveh plotted against God. In America, we share that guilt. Our government and small interests groups have taken God out of schools, court rooms, and public places. Our government has made prayers illegal at public school events. Praying out loud at school is not allowed. God is not blind to American’s sinful ways. Nineveh was guilty of taking advantage of the helpless. Our world does that every day. Many countries’ leaders are very wealthy and live in palaces decorated in the finest gold while millions of their citizens starve to death and live in shacks and paper boxes. Many financial people today take other people’s money under false pretense. Many elderly people who trusted in these finance people are ruined for life as a result. Nineveh practiced witchcraft which is explicitly forbidden by God. It is easy to find a "Psychic" place of business in almost every country on earth.
Just as Jonah was sent to Ninevah to carry God’s message He still calls today. God had a plan for the salvation of Nineveh. God called Jonah to be His servant for this task. Jonah ran away. Jonah wanted to choose who he was willing to carry out the work that God had ordained him to do. Jonah did not follow the call of the Lord and wound up in the belly of a big fish!. When Jonah did as the Lord commanded, God allowed His love and mercy to come over Ninevah and save them! God is the same today. He wants all to come to Him who seeks Him.
Papa Joe Mac's Commentary:
Jonah reacted like many of us. He did not want to participate in God’s plan. So, he ran away. Or, at least he tried to. When God calls you to His service, surrender to His will, understand God’s love and mercy for all, and do the best you can do in His service. Jonah was a runaway. But God would not let him run. Jonah finally relented and did what God wanted and God had mercy on the people of Nineveh. They repented as a result of Jonah’s witness to them.
For those who believe the Bible is no longer relevant, consider this: Why was Nineveh a bad place in God’s eyes? Why did God choose a common and ordinary person to go witness to these people? When we compare Nineveh to our world today, there is no difference. Nineveh was a place of idolatry. We replace God in our lives with work, television, fishing, golf, etc. These are idolatrous in displacing God as our first love. Nineveh plotted against God. In America, we share that guilt. Our government and small interests groups have taken God out of schools, court rooms, and public places. Our government has made prayers illegal at public school events. Praying out loud at school is not allowed. God is not blind to American’s sinful ways. Nineveh was guilty of taking advantage of the helpless. Our world does that every day. Many countries’ leaders are very wealthy and live in palaces decorated in the finest gold while millions of their citizens starve to death and live in shacks and paper boxes. Many financial people today take other people’s money under false pretense. Many elderly people who trusted in these finance people are ruined for life as a result. Nineveh practiced witchcraft which is explicitly forbidden by God. It is easy to find a "Psychic" place of business in almost every country on earth.
Just as Jonah was sent to Ninevah to carry God’s message He still calls today. God had a plan for the salvation of Nineveh. God called Jonah to be His servant for this task. Jonah ran away. Jonah wanted to choose who he was willing to carry out the work that God had ordained him to do. Jonah did not follow the call of the Lord and wound up in the belly of a big fish!. When Jonah did as the Lord commanded, God allowed His love and mercy to come over Ninevah and save them! God is the same today. He wants all to come to Him who seeks Him.