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Jonah Was
Inside The Fish For Three Days And Three Nights
Then Jonah Prayed To The LORD His God From Inside The Fish
If you and I are living in disobedience, if we are
intentionally and willfully sinning then we can count on God arranging
something big to get our attention. It could be the loss of our health, loss of a
job, loss of a business, time in a jail cell, or a million other things, or a
combination of all of the above, but God will arrange it.
Scripture
17 Now the Lord had arranged for a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.
Jonah 2
1 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from inside the fish.
Observation
Don’t
think that this story is just about a man named Jonah. Oh no, this is a story
about you and this is a story about me!
Jonah
was inside the great fish for three days and three nights and then the Bible says
that Jonah finally prayed to His God.
Boy,
talk about being hard headed, this Jonah was one stubborn guy! And you and I
can be just as hard headed!
God
arranged for a great fish to swallow Jonah. God wanted to get Jonah’s attention
and He got it!
God
will arrange for things to swallow us when we choose to live in disobedience.
God will get our attention!
I
know that you have heard this saying, “God loves you just like you are but He
loves you way too much to let you stay that way!”
If
you and I are living in disobedience, if we are intentionally and willfully
sinning then we can count on God arranging something big to get our attention!
It
could be the loss of our health, loss of a job, loss of a business, time in a
jail cell, or a million other things, or a combination of all of the above, but
God will arrange it.
You
and I are complete fools if we think that we can get away with sin.
Jonah
tried to run from God …tried to be disobedient … spent three days and three
nights in the belly of a fish …
It
is time to repent and cry out to our God for help!
Application
I
will ask the Lord to show me any area of my life where I am being disobedient.
How about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, I know that there are so many great truths that I can learn from by how
You treated Jonah. Don’t let me be so hard headed that You have to arrange a
great fish to swallow me. Help me to hear Your voice and help me to walk in
obedience. I pray for anyone that may be reading this blog today who is holding
on to sin and refusing to repent. I pray that today that they will turn from
sin and self and turn to You. Set them free!
Daily Bible Reading:
Jonah 1,2,3,4; 2 Timothy 2
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