Jonah

As we read today’s text, we’ll see that God called the messenger, but when God called the messenger, the messenger refused the call. Jonah rejected the call of God on his life. But as messed up as that may be, Jonah did something even worse. You see, Jonah didn’t just reject the incoming call from God and send it to voicemail. No. He answered the phone. He heard God’s voice on the other line. He received clear instructions from God on what He was supposed to do next, and yet, because of his selfishness, his bias, and his personal rebellion, he chose to hang up the phone and run in the opposite direction of where God was instructing him to go. Thankfully, Jonah eventually came to repentance, and we can learn from his life story as we dive deeper into it.