Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Jonah 1:1-12
by: Michaella Osborn.
Often the Old Testament prophets were asked to do hard things. Jonah was asked to go deliver God’s message to his enemies in the city of Nineveh. But Jonah, knowing that God was compassionate and slow to anger and would not destroy the Ninevites if they repented, disobeyed and ran away towards Tarshish. Have you ever encountered someone that you had such strong feelings against that you did not want them to repent? While this was clearly an issue for Jonah, and may be something some people struggle with today, God shows that His mercy is beyond what humans can understand and that He offers a path to life for everyone who turns away from wickedness and follows Him.