God of Second Chances
Feb 28, 2021
Summary
Our God is a God of second chances. The bible shows us over and over how God gives His people second chances and more. Jonah was a perfect example of this. He was God's man, a prophet who had been preaching about God. God commanded him to go to Nineveh to preach to the people there who had become very wicked in their ways. Jonah did not want to go there because he knew God would allow the people of Nineveh another chance and he didn't feel that they should get another chance so he ran away from God and what God had commanded him to do.
Detail
Do you ever find yourself fighting God—your desires pulling you one way, God’s desires pulling you another? Jonah found himself in that very position, but his own desire won out over God’s for a time. Or so he thought. As we often see in our own lives, God accomplished His purposes through Jonah even though it meant God doling out a heavy dose of humility on a prideful and unwilling heart.. Jonah was running from God and he was running hard. He sank to his lowest, literally, as he ran. He ran down to Tarsus on his way to Joppa. He went down to the bottom of the boat. He laid down and slept to keep his mind away from God. He ran and hid. But God knew where he was and knew what he was doing so he caused the great wind, he caused the tempest and he caused the big fish.