At some point during your week, month, year, decade, or life, you ought to ask your self "when was the last time i've heard God's voice?". People in this world run away from religion and even further, from God. Yet, everyone seeks answers and wants things done their way. So if you have been keeping up with all this reading, ask your self "when was the last time i heard God's voice?".
God speaks all the time. In today's reading, he spoke to Jonah. Rather than focusing on Jonah, let's focus on the sailors. They have always been my favorite bunch of this book. I've always depicted sailors as: mean, foul mouth, whiskey drinking, beard growing, and half blind. These sailors were a little different. As weird as it is for me to even say it, they were humble. Maybe involuntarily humbled by the crazy storm around them, but humility was present for sure!.
Jonah heard the voice of God, and he heard something that he did not approve of. God was not interested in his personal opinion, nor did he ask for it. God has a plan and it must be executed. In the midst of Jonah's rebellion, the sailors came to know the Lord.
Then they took jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm.
At this the men greatly feared the Lord, and they offered a sacrifice to the lord
and made vows to him.
So while he think he is getting away with disobedience, God uses that for his Glory. At the end of this story, God was just, merciful and loving. While some might think Jonah controlled God's will because of his disobedience. God used his disobedience towards bring people closer to him and brining Glory to himself. God is always in control! So why wouldn't people want to hear the voice of someone who is all powerful, loving and fully in control? Yeah, i don't know why either. Today is a good day to seek God's voice.
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