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by Bob and Debby Gass
Are you running from God? (1)
January 17, 2010
‘...Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish...’ Jonah 1:3 NKJV
Nineveh was about 880 kilometres east of Jonah. Tarshish was 4000 kilometres west of him. Rather than go 880 kilometres in God’s will, Jonah decided to go 4000 kilometres out of it. Ever do that? God says, ‘Go here,’ but you go there. The bad news is, you not only have to come back the 4000 kilometres you went in the wrong direction, but the 880 kilometres God told you to go in the first place. Furthermore, whenever you run from God, you get to pay the fare. ‘…He…found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare…’ (Jonah 1:3 NKJV) The good thing about going to Nineveh is, God will provide the fare. The bad thing about going to Tarshish is, you get to pick up the bill. Many of us are paying a high price for our Tarshish trip, when, if we had done it God’s way, He’d have picked up the bill. And notice something else: when you disobey God you not only mess yourself up, but also those around you. Those poor sailors on the ship didn’t ask for Jonah’s mess, but they got it. Are you messing up the lives of others because of your rebellion? Think about it-if the wind, the sea and the great fish had to obey God, what were Jonah’s chances of escaping? Jonah didn’t rebound until he got swallowed, and some of us are not going to do the right thing until we are swallowed too-until God permits circumstances so adverse that running to Him, instead of from Him, is the only thing left. Is God saying something to you today?
SoulFood: Gen 5:22-24, Heb 11:5, 2 Kings 2:1-12, Acts 1:9-11
The Word for Today is authored by Bob and Debby Gass and published under licence from UCB International Copyright © 2010
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