Knowing How And Why God Did Such And Such

 

Today's verse is Jonah 2:3

     For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas;

      And the floods compassed me about:

      All thy billows and thy waves passed over me.

    Wait, was it not Jonah that told the mariners to cast him over into the sea? Or did he so command at the commandment of God? Whether it was of Jonah, or of God, truly God moves among men to work his will, and when a thing happens to you, that thing was approved of by God, even as we see in the testimony of Job. But if we understand the context of what Jonah is saying, we know that Jonah recognizes that he is where he is, by his own disobedience, and that where is he, he is by God’s Justice. Yet, even in the belly of the whale (or fish, as the Word testifies) we see that God heard Jonah, and responded to him, for we see the Lord spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land. Will you seek out the Lord in whatever circumstance you find yourself in? Selah [Consider well your response.} Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is 1 Chronicles 18, James 5, Jonah 2, Luke 7

Tomorrow’s reading will be 1 Chronicles 19-20, 1 Peter 1, Jonah 3, Luke 8