BEING LIKE JONAH

Today's reading: Jonah

"But Jonah got up and went in the opposite direction to get away from the Lord..." Jonah 1:3 NLT

I'd never do that, you say.

What was he thinking, you exclaim.

No one in their right mind would blatantly go against the Lord, you mutter.

As you, and I, do the exact same thing we see Jonah doing.

Oh, maybe we don't go in the opposite direction--but we change His instructions just a bit to make them a little less chafing.

Or, we postpone His command until a more convenient time for us.

Or, we disregard His instructions, writing them off as a crazy whim we've dreamed up in our own minds.

But here is the truth: If we're not obeying the Lord, we're disobeying. We're 'purchasing a ticket' to get away from the Lord.

I don't know what God's asking you to do, but I doubt it's highly unlikely that He is asking you to do something as large as what He requested of Jonah.

So do your little thing.

With your whole heart.

As hard as it might appear to be to do.

Now.