Wednesday, February 11, 2004
4:5- Jonah went out and sat down at a place east of the city. There he made himself a shelter, sat in its shade and waited to see what would happen to the city.
4:6- Then the Lord God provided a vine and made it grow up over Jonah to give shade for his head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was very happy about the vine.
4:7- But at dawn the next day God provided a worm, which chewed the vine so that it withered.
4:8- When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind, and the sun blazed on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint. He wanted to die, and said, “ It would be better for me to die than to live.”
4:9- But God said to Jonah, “ Do you have right to be angry about the vine?” “I do.” he said. “ I am angry enough to die.”
4:10 -But the Lord said, “ You have been concerned about this vine, though you did not tend it or make it grow. It sprang up overnight and died over night.
4:11- But Nineveh has more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well. Should I not be concerned about that great city?”
And that is how it ends. Funny after being swallowed by a whale and all, Jonah appears to be more upset about his shade being taken from him, than spending 3 days and nights in a whale. Really upset, to the point of death.
Why is Jonah so reluctant? I wonder how long Jonah would of stayed under the vine if God had not taken it away from him? I mean, it did take a whale swallowing the guy before he ended up at the city God want him to go to in the first place.
What will it take for me to move in the direction God wants me to go?
4:6- Then the Lord God provided a vine and made it grow up over Jonah to give shade for his head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was very happy about the vine.
4:7- But at dawn the next day God provided a worm, which chewed the vine so that it withered.
4:8- When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind, and the sun blazed on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint. He wanted to die, and said, “ It would be better for me to die than to live.”
4:9- But God said to Jonah, “ Do you have right to be angry about the vine?” “I do.” he said. “ I am angry enough to die.”
4:10 -But the Lord said, “ You have been concerned about this vine, though you did not tend it or make it grow. It sprang up overnight and died over night.
4:11- But Nineveh has more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well. Should I not be concerned about that great city?”
And that is how it ends. Funny after being swallowed by a whale and all, Jonah appears to be more upset about his shade being taken from him, than spending 3 days and nights in a whale. Really upset, to the point of death.
Why is Jonah so reluctant? I wonder how long Jonah would of stayed under the vine if God had not taken it away from him? I mean, it did take a whale swallowing the guy before he ended up at the city God want him to go to in the first place.
What will it take for me to move in the direction God wants me to go?
