This episode of LunchTime word is coming out of the book of Jonah. We are focusing primarily on Jonah's assignment to preach to Nineveh about the coming judgement of God. Jonah was instructed the first time and instead of obeying God, he fled to Tarshish. Unfortunately his disobedience caused others to be effected and those on the ship had to toss their cargo overboard. There are many times that we fail to realize that our disobedience can affect others and cause damaging effects. While the ship was being tossed back and forth, Jonah was in the bottom of the ship sleeping! Jonah fled because he knew that our God is loving, kind, slow to wrath and full of grace and mercy. There is nothing in the bible that explains why Jonah was disobedient but many of us have excuses to run from God's instructions. Instead of running from God, let us choose to submit and follow his instructions.
