ARE WE FLEEING

“Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.  But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.  But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea so that the ship was like to be broken.”

Jonah 1:1- 4 KJV

Are we fleeing from the call of God on our life?  It doesn’t matter where we go because God sees us.  “Whither shall I go from thy spirit?  or whither shall I flee from thy presence” (Psalm 139:7).  We may not be called to be a foreign missionary but every Christian is called to spread the unconditional love of Jesus.

We read in the Bible.  “Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?  Then said I, Here am I; send me” (Isaiah 6:8).  God spoke to my heart on October 4, 1998 and called me to be a home missionary.  I didn’t know what God wanted me to do.

When I walked down the aisle to the altar to surrender to the mission field, the pastor told me to start telling people Jesus loves them and God would let me know what He wanted me to do.  It wasn’t until January 24, 2005 that God gave me the privilege and the mission of encouraging pastors and writing devotions.

What joy and happiness has been mine to have the privilege of serving Jesus these past ten years.  If you want to have real happiness and joy in your heart, start serving Jesus.

Joanne Lowe

March 15, 2015