Category: Letting God be God

Jonah 3:4 (NKJV) 4 And Jonah began to enter the city on the first day’s walk. Then he cried out and said, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!”

“Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!”

These were God’s words to Nineveh. After Jonah spoke this to the people of Nineveh, they believed it and they all took it to heart and began to fast. God saw their repentant hearts and chose not to bring disaster upon them.

This made Jonah angry because he didn’t get to see the city overthrown. He actually cried out to God and told Him to take his life. He thought he would be better off dead than to have the words He spoke on God’s behalf not come to pass.

Jonah 4:3 (NKJV) 3 Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live!”

I’d say Jonah was more worried and concerned about his reputation and how he would look than about the change and repentance of the people’s hearts.

Thank God that He did not do what He said he would do through Jonah. Instead, He had mercy on the people and spared their lives and their homes.

It’s a good thing God is God and we don’t have a say at times in what He does. Sometimes we care more about things that shouldn’t matter than the things that should matter, like peoples lives or their salvation. In Jonah’s case, he cared more about his ego or his pride.

God knows what He is doing. We don’t. Let’s let Him do His job. and let’s set ourselves aside long enough that He can do what He needs to and bring change when, where and how it needs to be brought.

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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