Are You a Jonah?

Now, before you answer that question, I think you will need to spit out that mouthful of seawater you just swallowed.  Okay, good.  Now we can have a conversation!

So again, "Are you a Jonah?"  I am.  Like Jonah, God calls me his own.  Like Jonah, God has given me sending orders.  Like Jonah, my first response is typically "No."  More accurately, "WHAT?  Are you crazy?  Reach out to that person?  Say yes to that task?"  [Insert Road Runner noise, speeding in the opposite direction.  But no, I've never been to Tarshish.]

We are going to delve into the life and book of Jonah at Christ Community, both in VBS and weekend sermons.  Looking at this account with fresh perspective is good for the soul!  We will be reminded of God's unfathomable character - his sense of justice; His extension of grace; might I add God's sense of humor?

We will be forced to reckon with our sin nature - our natural tendencies to run, to reject, to accuse.  Listening to these lyrics this week reminded me of Jonah:
"I am a sinner
If it's not one thing it's another
Caught up in words
Tangled in lies
But you are a Savior
And you take brokenness aside
And make it beautiful
Beautiful"

These lyrics remind me of me, too.  What about you?  Are you a Jonah?  We need to be confronted with our sin.  We will be reminded of the Truth that sets us free.

Take a listen.  See you this weekend!