I CAN’T KEEP RUNNING AWAY!!!
Propose a question---
WHAT ARE YOU RUNNING AWAY FROM THAT YOU SHOULD BE RUNNING TO?
JONAH 1:1
In the Bible, the prophet Jonah was swallowed by a whale after God caused his ship to sink and then was tossed up onto dry land after three days and nights
THE PROPHET WHO REBELS
Nowadays everybody wanna talk like they got something to say
But nothing comes out when they move their lips
Just a bunch of gibberish
WHEN GOD SPEAKS TO US IT WON'T ALWAYS BE SOMETHING THAT WE LIKE
INSTEAD OF GOING EAST TO NINIVEH JONAH , HE DECIDED TO DO THE OPPOSITE OF GOD HAS TOLD HIM TO DO
Truth is DELAYED OBEDIENCE IS STILL DISOBEDIENCE
HOW IS IT THAT A MAN OF GOD TRIES TO RUN AWAY FROM GOD?
When we do things against what God wants-THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A BOAT HEADED IN THE WRONG DIRECTION
There is only one way-we have gotta get on the right boat
The enemy wants us to run- he will distract us to a point of draining us…
I CAN IMAGINE
HE IS ON THE SHIP AS THE STORM IS HAPPENING WHO HE IS OR REPRESENTS BUT YET FAILS TO REALIZE THAT OUR GOD WHO MADE THE LAND AND SEA WAS ALSO IN THE MOMENT CONTROLLING THE STORM ON THE SEA
HOW RUDE AND SELFISH CAN WE BE AS KINGDOM CITIZEN BE TO PLACE YOURSELF IN A SITUATION AGAINST WHAT WE KNOW GOD HAS TOLD US TO DO AND NOT EXPECT THERE TO BE A CONSEQUENCE---
EVEN MORE HE TOLD THEM TO HELP HIM DIE BY THROWING HIM INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE STORM
BUT GOD---
INTIMACY WITH GOD—start with prayer---IN 2 ME I C
The point of being intimate with God is so we can have a closer relationship with him
ACCOUNTABILITY
IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING, PEOPLE WILL BE GLAD TO TAKE YOU WHEREVER THEY ARE HEADED…
GOD MAY USE A STORM TO WAKE US UP
Not every storm is because we did anything wrong because good and bad will happen…but everything is not the Devil's fault…
YOU CAN RUN FROM GOD BUT YOU CAN’T HIDE FROM HIM
SOME OF US HAVE BEEN SLEEPING ON THE BOAT GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION
JONAH 1:9
Jonah answered, “I'm a Hebrew, and I worship the Lord God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”
WHO AM I NOW?
