GO - WEEK 3 - JONAH
Have you ever had a time when someone told you to go do something and you didn’t want to do it, so you did something else instead? Probably all of you could answer yes to that question. Meet a man named, Jonah. He was given a command by God to go to a certain people and deliver a message. Jonah didn’t want to obey because he thought he knew what the outcome would be, so he did something else instead. Many of you can probably recall his story quite well. Let’s start right at verse 1.
“Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, ‘Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.’ But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord.” Jonah 1:1-3
There you have it. After Jonah heard the command God gave him to go to Nineveh, he didn’t want to obey so he chose to go in the opposite direction. Jonah was trying to run from God’s command and thought he could hide. There are times you won’t always feel like obeying God’s command to go. Be careful when it comes to your feelings. They can cause you to disobey what God is telling you to do. Read further to see how this plays out for Jonah.
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