The water just keeps getting deeper and deeper! You are filled with anxiety and apprehension about how deep it will be and whether you are going to make it! And that's just a bath! Today, a lot, and I do mean A LOT of people are concerned about what is going to happen next. They are afraid they will lose their job, their car, their house and who knows what else? I think it is perfectly reasonable to think this way considering what is happening in our country. But I can't help thinking; is this happening for a reason? Read Jonah chapter two for a little insight!Jon 2:1 Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God, out of the fish's belly.
Jon 2:2 He said, "I called because of my affliction to Yahweh. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice.
Jon 2:3 For you threw me into the depths, in the heart of the seas. The flood was all around me. All your waves and your billows passed over me.
Jon 2:4 I said, 'I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.'
Jon 2:5 The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.
Jon 2:6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever: yet have you brought up my life from the pit, Yahweh my God.
Jon 2:7 "When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Yahweh. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.
Jon 2:8 Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
Jon 2:9 But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Yahweh."
Jon 2:10 Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.
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God told Jonah to go to Nineveh and so what did Jonah do, he went in the opposite direction. Eventually, he finds himself in the belly of a big fish (some say a whale) and realizes he is done for. Then, he comes to his senses and reaches out to God. God listened and delivered him; end of story! Or, is it? Jonah went on to do what God wanted him to but still remained stubborn (and the last part I have never truly understood). See anything here; well, I do. America, wake up! We have been allowing this nation to turn from God in many ways for a long time and its getting worse. Do we really have to find ourselves in a situation where we realize we are done for before we change our way? Its not too late, pray about it; Jonah did and it worked. Maybe, just maybe it will work again!!