But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish...
...After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lord.
Then the Lord sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose...
Jonah 1:3-4 NIV
When we turn from God, when we choose another path, when we go against what we know is right...God sends a warning.
In this case a big unmissable storm.
When I rebel, that storm may be my conscience, may be what someone else says to me, some passage of scripture or God's still small voice...but somehow God let's me know.
He sends a warning.
So what's your Nineveh?
A place?
A person you need to forgive?
A habit you need to break?
A weakness that needs to become a strength?
Nineveh. Unknown. Scary.
Tarshish. Apparently much more pleasant.
No matter how hard or scary the road to Nineveh is, God is with you...
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