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Friday, April 23, 2010

The prophet Jonah

The prophet Jonah beautifully described our God when he said "for I know that You are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, One who relents from doing harm" (Jonah 4:2b). Jonah was speaking of the fact that God so graciously forgave the Ninivites though they had for so long lived in a way contrary to His will. God gave them time and warnings so that He would not have to destroy them; when then did repent, God relented from the harm He was going to bring upon them. Though Jonah was angry that God was so slow to anger, we know that we all benefit greatly from this trait of God. We (who are in the body of Christ) are thankful that God was slow to anger towards us. We are thankful that he gave us time to repent of our sins and to turn to him. We are thankful that God was slow to anger towards are friends and family members who are now in the body of Christ. We are saddened that so many loved ones still live lives contrary to our God's will, but we are thankful that God is giving them time to repent. Will they? We do not know, but what we do know is that many will be separated from God eternally because of their sins.  However, this will not be our God's fault because he is slow to anger toward everyone. If anyone spends their eternity separated from God it is because they did not take advantage of our God's slowness of anger. Let us never forget how blessed we are to serve are God that is so patient and slow to anger towards us.


Garrett Bookout
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