In Jonah 4, Jonah was depressed to the point of wanting to be killed, when God gave Nineveh another chance. He turned into kind of a brat, and questioned God's judgment. Yet God was
patient with him, and soothingly restored him.
I was thinking of how sometimes it's so easy to be impatient with God, when circumstances
around us annoy or anger us. It causes to have sparks of ingratitude and ignorant
questioning of God's sovereignty. Yet God looks at us like He does Jonah, as a foolish
little child, who needs just to be comforted and restored. You hear people, who question how God could wipe out whole nations, and send plagues and this and that. The truth is, God gives chances, again and again, even after people hurt him over and over. God's patience is abundant. It's the reason we're not consumed by our sin. Instead of being easily driven to anger, God sees through our surface level emotions, and comforts and restores us on an intimate level.
patient with him, and soothingly restored him.
I was thinking of how sometimes it's so easy to be impatient with God, when circumstances
around us annoy or anger us. It causes to have sparks of ingratitude and ignorant
questioning of God's sovereignty. Yet God looks at us like He does Jonah, as a foolish
little child, who needs just to be comforted and restored. You hear people, who question how God could wipe out whole nations, and send plagues and this and that. The truth is, God gives chances, again and again, even after people hurt him over and over. God's patience is abundant. It's the reason we're not consumed by our sin. Instead of being easily driven to anger, God sees through our surface level emotions, and comforts and restores us on an intimate level.
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