“Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech Thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live†(Jonah 4:3).
One could gather from this verse that Jonah was having a pity party. If Jonah had to be angry, it should have been with himself, not God or the people of Nineveh. To wish God would just take his life was foolish and immature on Jonah’s part. This was no way a prophet of God should act. Just because things didn’t turn out the way he thought they should, didn’t give Jonah the right to talk to God the way he did. God wasn’t finished with Jonah. Jonah was going to be made to understand the compassion of a loving God.
There will be times in your life when you may feel life just isn’t fair. Don’t blame God. Things happen for a purpose. Sometimes God allows circumstances to happen to draw you closer to Him. If you react the way Jonah did, you will see what your faith is made of. Don’t allow yourself to give in to anger, you may end up making foolish requests like the one Jonah made.
Sue Winchester
Missouri
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