Read Jonah 3:1-5, 10
Once
again the Lord spoke to Jonah. 2He
said, “Go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to the people the message I
have given you.” 3So Jonah obeyed the Lord and went to Nineveh, a city so large that it took three
days to walk through it. 4Jonah started through the city, and
after walking a whole day, he proclaimed, “In forty days Nineveh will be
destroyed!”
5 The
people of Nineveh believed God’s message. So they decided that everyone should
fast, and all the people, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth to
show that they had repented.
10 God
saw what they did; he saw that they had given up their wicked behaviour. So he
changed his mind and did not punish them as he had said he would.
Think
Jonah refused to surrender
his plans to God - he thought his ideas were better. We know how that ended! When he surrendered God used him to change
Nineveh.
Pray
Lord, you call me to places
and to do things that are sometimes uncomfortable - but you are God and you
love me - so help me to surrender to you in obedience.
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