When the Task Is Too Great

“So Jonah arose and went unto Nineveh, according to the Word of the Lord.  Now Nineveh as an exceedingly great city of three days’ journey.  And, Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey and he cried and said, ‘Yet 40 days and Nineveh shall be overthrown’.”...

Better Late Than Never

“And the Word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying, ‘Arise, go up unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid you.’  So Jonah arose and went unto Nineveh, according to the Word of the Lord. . .” Jonah 3:1-3a What really...

Why Have You Done This?

“Then were the men exceedingly afraid and said unto him, ‘Why have you done this?’—for the men knew that he fled from the Presence of the Lord, because he had told them.” Jonah 1:10 Soul-talk or spiritual introspection is needed from time-to-time for “course...

On Running, Rowing and Resting

“Then said they unto him, ‘What shall we do unto you, that the sea may be calm unto us?’—for the sea raged and was tempestuous.  And he said unto them, ‘Take me up and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you—for I know that for my sake this great...

What Meanest Thou, O Sleeper?

“So the shipmaster came to him and said unto him, ‘What meanest thou, O sleeper?  Arise—call upon your God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not’.” Jonah 1:6 When sleep isn’t a resting in His arms, it’s likely a running from His Face. “How could he...

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