Friends, I have to confess I’ve experienced a great deal of conviction over the last four weeks of our Jonah study. Reading his story has held up a mirror to the spoiled brat in my heart.

I whine when things don’t go my way.

I wonder why God won’t do what I want.

I wish things were different.

I spend way too much time sulking about my disappointments. I often have a skewed perspective, and I need a wakeup call.

God is ever so patient with His children, and He continued to reach out to His prodigal prophet to help Him hold up a mirror to his selfish heart. God never gave up on Jonah.

God loves us so much He extends His grace to us over and over. He covers us with His compassion and invites us to find rest as we surrender and repent.

Like Jonah, God wants us to see He is more concerned with refining our character than with responding to our comfort.

God will show His mercy to us — not based on our merit – but because He is faithful to keep His promises. He is slow to anger and never responds to our adulterous hearts with anything but an affirmation of His steadfast love. He may allow us to experience discomfort, but always because He is drawing us back into the circle of His protection.

Before we say goodbye to Jonah, we need to take a hard look in the mirror of God’s Word and see where we lack God’s compassionate heart…

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