YOU CAN'T RUN FROM GOD

Jonah 1:1,2  Now the word of The Lord came unto Jonah the son of  Amittal, saying, Arise, go to Ninevah, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

Jonah loathed these people. "God, you've got to be kidding. They are pagans -- idolaters -- immoral." (ad lib).

He stubbornly took a boat headed in the opposite direction, and God used a storm to pursue him.

Jonah 1:17 Now The Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

When the great fish up-loaded Jonah, he was restored, but he still had to go to Ninevah. Reluctantly, he preached to them and a great revival broke out.

Lessons to learn from Jonah:

1. It is impossible to successfully run from God.

2. There are no limits to what God can use to get your attention.

3. Disobedience always creates turmoil in the life of a believer.

4. Failure does not disqualify a person from God's service.

5. Our main concern should not be whether a man can live in a fish, but whether the spirit of Jonah lives in us.