Last couple of days Chuck Swindol has been teaching on KCBI about Jonah and his disregard for Gods instructions of going to Ninevah to proclaim Gods’ message! In this teaching, Pastor Swindol has shared that just like Jonah, all Christians sometimes get complacent in our obedience to God. Like Jonah, we think that we can hide from God when we don’t want to do what is ask of us! Our walk in faith becomes stagnant and we loose respect and fear of the Lord. Fear is not the same as being afraid of God! We are not to be afriad of Him, but just like parents want our kids to fear us enough to obey us, it is no different with God. Do we enter the church building with any thoughts to its holiness? Do we approach our quiet time with eagerness and desire to not only learn more of God but to have a heart of obedience that will strengthen our walk with him? Do we desire to fall in love with the Lord more each day? Today because the grocery store forgot to put in the 36 eggs I had ordered to be delivered yesterday I spent over 24 hours with no eggs, when I had planned to bake several things for needed people’s request and cookies for a birthday order! I know this sounds silly, but because I couldn’t leave to go to the store due of several reasons, I felt almost lost when I couldn’t bake! Made me a little mad that I didn’t have what I wanted or needed! As I thought about that, I began to wonder about how I felt when I skip a day of reading Gods Word! Do I miss that as much as I missed having eggs? Do I ever feel like I’m missing something important? Do I feel lost when I don’t take time to pray and talk to the person who is suppose to be my best friend, my Creator God and Savior? Or do I just go about my day with no regard to what I should have done to made it a priority? Like Jonah, I think that I can hide in activity or business. But God….He and only He can calm the stormy seas! He is always ready and willing to welcome us back when we try to run and hide!
Do we ask Him to give us more of a hunger for Him snd His Word? When God allowed Jonah to be in the belly of the whale for 3 days, Jonah came out with a new desire of obedience! It took a storm in his life to get his attention! Will God have to send a storm in my life to get mine?
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