But Jonah was greatly displeased and became furious. … “And now, Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.” Jonah 4:1,3 (HCSB) Have you ever been so angry you would rather die than live another second? Have you been so angry that you …
Then God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—so God relented from the disaster He had threatened to do to them. And He did not do it. Jonah 3:10 (HCSB) After Jonah had proclaimed destruction for the people of Nineveh because of their evil ways, the people repented. …
Everyone must call out earnestly to God. Each must turn from his evil ways and from the violence he is doing. Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His burning anger so that we will not perish. Jonah 3:8b-9 (HCSB) Repentance literally means ‘to turn again’. Repentance is to purposefully change …
The men of Nineveh believed in God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth—from the greatest of them to the least. When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, put on sackcloth, and sat in ashes. Jonah 3:5-6 (HCSB) Something here may …
Jonah set out on the first day of his walk in the city and proclaimed, “In 40 days Nineveh will be demolished!” Jonah 3:4 (HCSB) Those who know me will be astounded at how short Jonah’s sermon is compared to my own! In Hebrew, it is only five words long: short …
Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time. Jonah 3:1 (HCSB) Today we reflect on something so simple but so profound. In the world of high stakes business, there are no second chances. If you fail to close the deal, you lose your job. On the battlefield, there are no …
But as for me, I will sacrifice to You with a voice of thanksgiving. I will fulfill what I have vowed. Salvation is from the Lord! Jonah 2:9 (HCSB) The true sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and humble heart (Psalm 51:17). As Christians, we vow our lives to the service …
Those who cling to worthless idols forsake faithful love. Jonah 2:8 (HCSB) What does it matter if a person believes a lie so long as it makes him happy? If a person is happy believing that the sticks and stones he worships, the dead men’s bones he bows down before, …
As my life was fading away, I remembered Yahweh. My prayer came to You, to Your holy temple. Jonah 2:7 (HCSB) The death of a faithful saint is a thing to behold. I have been by the bedside of saints: I have looked on, as those who are confident in …
The waters engulfed me up to the neck; the watery depths overcame me; seaweed was wrapped around my head. I sank to the foundations of the mountains; the earth with its prison bars closed behind me forever! But You raised my life from the Pit, Lord my God! Jonah 2:5-6 (HCSB) Here we …
But I said: I have been banished from Your sight, yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple. Jonah 2:4 (HCSB) Faithful believer, take up the resolve of Jonah to look once more toward God’s holy temple. God cannot stand the sight of sin, this is true. He cannot …
I called to the Lord in my distress, and He answered me. I cried out for help in the belly of Sheol; You heard my voice. Jonah 2:2 (HCSB) If the first verse of chapter two teaches us that, wherever we find ourselves, we must pray to the Lord our God, the …
Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from inside the fish. Jonah 2:1 (HCSB) It is hard to imagine this sight: a man praying inside a fish. It is comical and yet horrifying at the same time. I can could imagine two very different film directors taking this scene in two very different directions. …
Now the Lord had appointed a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the fish three days and three nights. Jonah 1:17 (HCSB) There has been one thing I have kept in my wallet for years. It is a simple card with a picture of two penguins facing each other. One penguin has a …
The men feared the Lord even more, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows. Jonah 1:16 (HCSB) After throwing Jonah to his death, a supernatural calm comes down, and the storm ends, and the seas cease to rage. Then the sailors are filled with fear—literally, ‘they feared the Lord with a …
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