ARE WE STILL 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 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

God may have called us to go somewhere or do something but we didn’t do everything or went everywhere He told us to do and go.  Are we still fleeing from God like Jonah did when God told him to go to Tarshish?  It doesn’t matter how far we go or what we do, God sees us so we can’t hide from God.

A man who beat his wife said “When I am in my house with the door shut, it doesn’t matter what I do”.  That is a lie from the pits of hell.  It does matter to God what we do even if we are in our house with the door closed.  We can’t escape from God.  He sees us where we are and He knows everything.

God has done so much for us that we should do everything we can to make Him happy.  He gave Jesus to die on the cross for us.  Instead of fleeing from God we should be running as fast as we can to Him.  We have a tender loving and forgiving Heavenly Father.  It is a privilege to be part of the family of God. 

Joanne Lowe

July 23, 2015