Jonah 1:3 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.
Jonah was called by the Lord to go and minister in Nineveh. He not only refused but he ran the opposite direction. Does that sound like something you may have done? We often do that, when God says go we turn the complete opposite direction and run. When Jonah refused to obey then God removed His protection from Jonah and allowed a storm and then a fish but kept his life safe. Are you in the middle of a storm? Do you feel as though you have been swallowed by your problems? But when Jonah repented God heard his prayer and restored Jonah to fulfill His call. Now we have the same opportunity, we can repent and be restored to fulfill our calling.
1 Peter 2:9-10 But you are the ones chosen by God, chosen for the high calling of priestly work, chosen to be a holy people, God's instruments to do his work and speak out for him, to tell others of the night-and-day difference he made for you—from nothing to something, from rejected to accepted.
Love and God Bless,
Cindy Irwin
