Have you ever tried to run away from God? Jonah did and God found him, got his attention, and then convinced him that God’s way was the only way.
Jonah knew God had a special job for him to do, but he did not want to do it. Jonah wanted God to deny the people of Nineveh the same forgiveness that he himself had cherished. So he went the opposite direction—away from Nineveh and away from God—or so he thought.
“But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish.” Jonah 1:3.
Remember the story? Jonah spent “thinking time” in the belly of a big fish–and “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.” Jonah 3:1-3.
God may not place us inside a whale to get our attention, but he can always find us. We can never run so far that we are out of God’s reach or out of God’s love.
Have a blessed day!
In Christian love,
Diane