God Is Patient
With those He calls
Jonah 1:1-3
Read the Bible through:
AM - Isaiah 8-9 : PM - 2 Corinthians 1
But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD (Jonah 1:3).
With those He calls
Jonah 1:1-3
Read the Bible through:
AM - Isaiah 8-9 : PM - 2 Corinthians 1
But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD (Jonah 1:3).
I can't be used by God." "I'm not good enough." These are common reasons for not doing what God calls us to do. Yet when we examine the Bible, we find most of the people used by God had faults. Moses did not speak well (Ex. 4:10). David committed adultery and murder (2 Sam. 11). Even Paul wrote he had a thorn in the flesh (2 Cor. 12:7).
God placed a call on Jonah's life. Jonah, like all of us, had his faults. When God commanded him to go to Nineveh, he ran the other way.
God was patient with Jonah, and He is patient with us. He still calls people to serve him. He may not call us to go to another city, but He calls each of us to serve in some way wherever we are. May we obey His call.
God, thank You for being patient with me. Help me to recognize Your call upon my life.
