Fasting Day 2

As i noted before i was fasting food until saturday but i stoped early, i do however do not see this as a failure for i completed my first ever food fast!, i will continue to however fast the internet becasue i have had so much extra free time to spend with God, and wow has that been amazing! I have finally got a devotions routine going and God has been speaking to me heaps! So here is what God has told me today.

The call of God

Jonah 1:3-5

"3 But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down to joppa, where he found a ship bound for port, After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lord.

4 Then the LORD sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship threatened to break up. 5 All the sailors were afraid and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the cargo into the sea to lighten the ship"

From these three verses i got a few points to share:

1. It costs us to run: In saying it costs us to run, im not talking about the good cost, of perhaps having to sacrifice things in order to please God, im talking about the bad costs, where things in our life take its toll in a negative way.

Jonah 3 says 'after paying a fare' I use this representation even though it may seem small and insignificant, but in this verse fleeing God actually cost jonah something, though that something may have only been a physical thing, it still did cost jonah! Fleeing the Lord also costs us, it may cost us friendships, time and even money! Fleeing the call of God on our life is something that will always have negative responses.

2. Fleeing doesn't get us anywhere: Jonah was runing off to Tarshish, but he never arrived at his destination, because God had called him to prophesy to nineva! God will go to all lengths to see us respond to the call he has on our life! What is the Tarshish in your life? Are you fleeing God for something else? Perhaps you are called to full time ministry and you are choosing to ignore the call and work somewhere else, Perhaps you are called to work in a secluar job and you take up a role in full time ministry. Both of those are examples of fleeing the call of God on our life. Stop running to Tarshish and head to Nineva!

3. Fleeing the call is dangerous: Fleeing the call of God on our life is a dangerous thing, as we read above, God sent violent storms to disturb the ship and the ship almost split apart! It's a dangerous thing to ignore the call of God on our life! it is very dangerous to walk outside the will of God on our life! so if you are one that is called, don't deny it, pray about it, becasue you don't know the damage that walking outside the call can do!

Life challenge: Jonah ignored God's call on his life because he didn't think the ninevites were deserving of hearing about God! They were seen to be a very revolting nation but they were still loved by God and God still wanted them to hear about his saving grace. When Jonah ran he was only thinking about himself! Is God calling you to minister to someone that you may see as disgusting or undeserving of hearing about him? Don't think about yourself, Don't deny the call Go and head to Nineva so that you may see the redeeming power of Christ!

God bless