Mission Complete
Good morning Scripture reading: Jonah chps. 1-4 Worship song: The mission Meditation: God commanded Jonah to go to the city of Nineveh to preach to the Assyrians, but Jonah instead boarded a ship that was heading for Tarshish. He took it upon Himself to abort the mission that God sent him to accomplish by trying to run from the Lord's command. Jonah was reluctant to go because of the great wickedness of the Assyrians, and he felt within himself that they deserved judgment and destruction. Perhaps he thought that he could hide or escape the plan of God, or maybe he thought disobeying God's directive was no big deal. God intercepted Jonah and sent him to proclaim the word of God to the Ninevites/Assyrians. Upon hearing the warning of impending destruction, the king immediately proclaimed a solemn fast. The people of the city humbled themselves before God, dressed in sackcloth and ashes, and genuinely repented of their wickedness. ...