Our church just finished up studying the Book of Jonah. Now if you are a pastor, you are most likely familiar with Jonah. In the first chapter, God gives Jonah his marching orders.
“Go to the great city of Nineveh and “preach against it, because its wickedness has come upon Me.”
But in the very next chapter, it reads, “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 the Lord.”
Now, not going to Nineveh as ordered by God, may have been the practical choice from Jonah’s position. The Ninevites were a violent and wicked people. They not only viciously killed their enemies, they would torture them, showing no mercy! So, out of fear, Jonah, instead of going to Nineveh as instructed, ran in the opposite direction, running from his marching orders and from God Himself!
But running from God and God’s agenda, is going cost you! In Jonah’s case, God sent a fierce storm to get Jonah’s attention.
“Then the Lord sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship threatened to break up.”
Eventually Jon ...
