Jonah!!!! :) (read the book of Jonah to get the gist of the story)
See our sin in light of God’s glory I'm trying to think back and remember the context of this, but I'm getting nothing! I remember this making a lot of sense to me before! haha! But i think it means to shift your perspective. Instead of comparing your sins to things of this world, to see it in light of God's glory, to compare it to God's glory and really see the depth of our sin through that perspective...
The power of God and his glorious sovereignty
Jonah – wanted mercy and grace but was bitter when others
were given grace! We need to get out of our comfort zone...In context, Jonah didn't want to leave preach to the people of Nineveh! If you look at the end of Jonah, although God said He'd give them grace, Jonah was bitter and still expected them to get wiped out!
Also, yeah just getting out of our comfort zone is important when sharing the Gospel...or when just being obedient to God! He'll call us to do things that we don't feel comfortable to do, yet we should still be obedient and just do it!...and get out of that comfortable area!
How can our things be justified when it keeps you from
obeying God’s word? it was rhetorical - it can't be justified! haha OBEY GOD'S WORD! haha
Idol of comfort! –
Take joy in being obedient to God…see people by their spiritual need!
Do everything for the sake of the gospel!
1 Corinthians 9:19
“For though I am free
from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them”
Know Christ and make him known! Powerful...
God leaves off with a powerful question!
Jonah 4:10-11
“And the Lord said,
‘You pity the plant, for which you did not labor, nor did you make it grow,
which came into being in a night and perished in a night. And should not I pity Nineveh, that
great city, in which there are more htan 120000 persons who do not know their
right hand form their left, and also much cattle?”
Worm and the weed
Jonah loved the weed more than he loved the people of
Nineveh! Do we sometimes lose focus and love things that don’t matter as much?
Love the things God loves! Learn to have his heart!
Ninevites were lost!
Should God not pity the lost?!
Learning to see things as God sees them – looking through
the right lens! Do we have the right perspective?
Weed – immediate gratification! – God Planted the weed there
because God loved Jonah and wanted to give him shelter while Jonah was waiting
for the Ninevites to be destroyed…even though God was going to have mercy on
them!
God also planted the plant there so that the worm could chew
it down! Was not there solely for Jonah’s comfort, but also to teach Jonah a
valuable lesson!
Things that stuck out to me the most:
Jireh!! :)
Things that stuck out to me the most:
- Being obedient to God is not always going to be easy - may have to get out of your comfort zone
- God's use of the weed! - We don't always know what God is doing but He always has His own purposes! If you think about it, the real end goal of the weed was really just to teach Jonah a lesson, yet when the weed grew, he definitely had no idea that was the reason! - God can use things in your life to teach you a lesson even though you don't see it coming sometimes!
Jireh!! :)
