Jonah got up and went to Nineveh according to the Lord's command. Now Nineveh was an extremely great city, a three-day walk.

Jonah 3:3-4 CSB

Not surprising that Jonah did not want to face going to Nineveh.

It was massive. 

Apparently took 3 days to walk around its circumference.

Ever felt like what you're facing is too big?

Too much?

Sometimes it's our calling, our circumstances, situations involving others, work, health, study, and sometimes it's our feelings that seem so big. 

Or our thoughts.

In our humanness we can relate to Jonah. It's too big, too much, too scary, I'm going to fail, I can't do it...so I'm avoiding, hiding, running away. 

When Jonah was tucked away inside the fish he had time to pray, and his prayer brought him back to God. 

Second time around the calling hasn't changed, Ninevah hasn't got any smaller or less scary, but Jonah has changed. 

He knows more of who God is, that he's not alone in this, that he can face what it is that is making him afraid. 

God's invitation to us is not so dramatic, but this story shows us that He knows how we can feel, and that's OK.

And that we can step towards Ninevah...

#jonah

#notaloneinthis

#somethingtochewon