In the book of Jonah, God called Jonah to go and preach repentance to Nineveh. Jonah ran (I think deep down Jonah knew that trying to run from God is a bad idea).
Most people know the story of Jonah being swallowed by a big fish (Jonah 1:1-17). I was struck and inspired by Jonah's prayer while he was in the belly of the fish.
So many people in the bible have cried out to God in their distress. They weren't in the belly of a giant fish, but distressed none the less. We see it all through the book Job, the Psalms are riddled with songs written by King David and Asaph telling about their times of anxiety and dispair and how they cried out to God. The Apostle Paul in his letter to the church at Corinth told about asking God to remove the thorn in his flesh (2 Corinthians 12:7-9).
I noticed that all throughout scripture, the desperate cries to God turned into beautiful worship.
In the end, God's grace and His mercy brought them through and His purposes were achieved in the lives of those who cried out to Him.
Just like the people in the bible, those of us who have had occasion to seek the Lord and cry out to Him have benefitted from His intervention, and it is in hindsight that God's grace is truly understood.
God is AWESOME!
3 comments:
Amen!
Amen brother!!
Amen. We seek him in our destress, but oh how he can use us as we seek him in our joy…
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