Jonah is in the belly of a fish! A big fish! Must be. I know it would take something big to swallow me! You would have thought Jonah was a gonner, wouldn't you? But no. But God. Jonah is in this fish three days and what happens while he is in this fish is a miracle! Jonah and God talk again. They talk because Jonah cries out! All his life is now passing before his eyes as he is strangled in the sea by the heartbeat of conviction. He confesses and repents and God's way is opened to a city for repentance and salvation!
Read Jonah 1:17 through 3:3.
When Jonah prays in the belly of this big fish he looks again at God. Seeing God who is the LORD of salvation who has brought him out of his pit. What pit are you in? Have you been swallowed up in something? Anger? Hate? the things of the world? Others? What kind of sin is tempting you to go your own way and not walk with God? Don't go any farther? Remember the LORD.
When Jonah looked to the LORD his life changed. The word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time and this time Jonah arose and went. He went to Nineveh in obedience to God and at His Word Jonah jumped up! He obeyed and carried out God's plan for Nineveh. And how did he do this? Look at verse 9 in Chapter 2. He did it with thanksgiving! "With the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay what I have vowed."
When you accept the Lord Jesus into your heart and become saved, you have made a vow to God to be His. All His. He is Savior and LORD. Master. The One you serve. Where are you in this relationship with the Lord? Where are you in your obedience to the Lord? Where are you in your vow?
Friday, December 11, 2009
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