October 28th

Jonah-Jacked

Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me.' But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. Jonah 1:1-3

Our country is falling to pieces, isn't it? It is going to Hell in a hand basket.

Hollywood produces nothing but filth. The music industry is filled with indecency and R-rated lyrics, and the music videos are even worse. On top of all that, the economy is tanking, Wall Street is corrupt, and Washington's dragging the country the wrong way while collapsing in upon itself.

I guess it's just time to hole-up and wait for Heaven, right?

Wrong. God wants to hijack our country. He wants to transform Hollywood, Nashville, Broadway, Wall Street, and Washington. In fact, He wants to save them, just like He wanted to save Nineveh. But when He wanted to save Nineveh, what did He do?

He sent Jonah.

But Jonah didn't want to go. He wanted Nineveh to be destroyed, so he ran from God's presence and tried to hide. He wanted the Jews to have God's salvation, but he wanted Nineveh to die.

And why not? After all, Nineveh was a huge city full of wicked people. When Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, went to war, they would even cut open pregnant women with their swords and throw the babies from city walls. I mean, this was a wicked people!

But God loved them. He was not willing to just let them perish, but desired that they should come to repentance (2 Pet. 3:9). Therefore, He sent Jonah, because how could Nineveh have heard about God's mercy unless someone went to tell them?

Romans 10:14 asks, How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? The answer, of course, is that they can't.

If we don't go, then we doom the world to hell. If we don't speak, then no one will be saved. And if we abandon our country in all of its sinful parts, thinking we can just hang on to our private salvation, then we should not be surprised when depravity grows around us.

God is calling us today. It is our job to go.

Prayer Father God,

Thank You for having mercy on me! I realize that You want to give mercy to the rest of the world, but that You've chosen me to tell them about You. Please give me courage and wisdom to speak however I can so that this country may be saved.

Amen