jonah
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- God said to Jonah Go to Nineveh and tell the people there to stop mistreating the people of Israel. Tell them to live a good life.”
- One day Jonah had to leave his house for his work. He left his house and started towards his destination. While Jonah was on the road, a light started shining infront of him. A voice came from that light.
- Jonah said to God, “Just as you command God. I will do this work as you said.”
- Jonah agrees to do the God-given work, but after considering it, he starts thinking that he will not do it. Jonah had no desire to do the God-given work and began to think that the people of Nineveh were not good and that they would not listen to him.
- I'm going to hide from God,.I''ll go in the opposite direction, away from Nineveh. I'll go to Joppa city.
- “This ship is going to a close by city.” Yes, you may come aboard.
- “Where is this ship going?” I beg you,, please make space for me and I will pay you to take me with you.
- Jonah goes to the ship and falls asleep at the bottom of the ship. Now the ship leaves towards its destination. Shortly afterwards a storm engulfs the ship. The storm slowly starts to increase and the people in the ship fear that the ship will sink and all will die in this storm. Everyone was really afraid of it.
- “My friends, God is punishing me. God had given me a task but I ran away from there and tried to hide from God. I am sorry that you all are suffering because of me. You all throw me in the water this will stop the storm. “
- The ship’s men listened to Jonah but they did not want to throw Jonah into the water. Everyone refused to throw Jonah into the water. Gradually the storm started increasing and the fear of the people increased. Now everyone was ready to throw Jonah into the water.
- “God save us from the storm. We request you to save us. You are the only one who have control over everything. Please God save us.”
- Everyone picked him up and threw him into the water. They did notsee the large whale in the water.
- As soon as he fell into the water, a big fish came near Jonah and swallowed him. He was afraid of it. He thought he would die in the whale. Jonah understood that God was punishing him. 1 day was spent, 2 days were spent but Jonah had to stay in the stomach of the fish.
- “My God, forgive me. I was a fool that I did not listen to your command. I will complete your work. God, please forgive me.”
- He starts thinking about whether he will ever get to see the sun or not. He was worried and in fear, he begs God to let him out. Jonah apologized to God .
- God said to Jonah, “Jonah, go to Nineveh and convince the people there to stop mistreating the people of Israel. Tell them to live a good life.”
- After 3 days the fish left Jonah in a safe and dry place.
- “God is very angry with you because you all have sinned a lot and you are all cruel to the Israelites. You all have to apologize to God. If you will not do this then within 40 days this place will be completely ruined by God.” “God loves us the most. We should love him too. Stop your bad deeds immediately and love God. He will forgive all our sins,”
- Everyone listened to Jonah and started praying to God,. All the people stopped the bad deeds. Now everyone started living together, happily. Jonah felt that no one would listen to him but it did not happen. Everyone listened to him because he was preaching the message of God.
- Moral of The StoryWhat lesson do we get from this story?The lesson we got by reading this story is that we should complete the work given by God without any doubt. We cannot run away like Jonah because we all know that no one can hide from the eyes of God. Wherever we are, God’s eyes are always on us.When God gave Jonah the task, Jonah started thinking that people would not listen to him, but he forgot that God had asked him to do it. That is why we should not think about what God asks us to do. We should immediately start that work.
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