Jonah and the Big Fish and Me

Blog: Jonah and the Big Fish.

            Jonah 1: 1-3, “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.”

            At the moment, I am in a 90 day Bible study in order to read the word of God in 90 days. This study plan has inspired me to start some other reading plans within the Bible. Today I started the Jonah reading plan. The plan is to read a chapter a day and to study it. Yes, Jonah is only four chapters long. It will be a good boost is confidence, helping me to finish the 90 day study, knowing that I have finished a plan (even a short plan as it is.) The very first three verses in this chapter grabbed me. God tells Jonah to go and rebuke Nineveh. It would seem that Jonah, without a second thought, ignored God and fled from him. When I read this I had to stop and pause. It hit me like a ton of steel bricks. I had to stop and ask, “WHY in the world would Jonah just up and ignore GOD!” at this same moment it hit me. This is what I do on a daily basis. I know that I am about to sin and the Holy Spirit say, “STOP IT!” yet I don’t.  I am a sinner like every other man in the world but I am without excuse. As a Christian who has been saved by the blood of Christ I have no excuse to do or to continue the evils that I commit. As I write this I am reminded of a funny skit buy Bob Newhart, I will post a video at the end. I also just finished Deuteronomy, which is about laws and its consciences, which has put more fear of the Lord in my heart. All I know is that for the rest of my life I will do the best to be perfect as my father is in Heaven. If God could say one thing to me about my sin it would be, “Stop it before I bury you alive in a box!”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow0lr63y4Mw