scripture
Jonah 1:1-5
The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai: "Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because their wickedness has confronted Me." However, Jonah got up to flee to Tarshish from the LORD's presence. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. He paid the fare and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish, from the LORD's presence. Then the LORD hurled a violent wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose on the sea that the ship threatened to break apart. The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his god. They threw the ship's cargo into the sea to lighten the load. Meanwhile, Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel and had stretched out and fallen into a deep sleep.
thought
Take a look at the description of Jonah's departure from God. He went from the presence of God down to Joppa, down into the ship, down into the sea, and down into the belly of the great fish. Rebellion toward God always takes us from His presence and down, down, down. I have heard it said before that "Sin will take you further than you want to go, keep you longer than you want to stay, and cost you more than you are willing to pay".
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Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way.
Karl Barth
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