Ranui Sermons
Hear the word of the lord
Jonah #3 – The Allowances of God for a Life
Grahame Walker
This morning, we will continue in our study on the book of Jonah. The book of Jonah
is a very short but compelling book. It’s about God’s interaction with a man,
specifically, related to God’s calling on his life, for a single mission. In our first study
we looked at a calling on a life, the calling of God on Jonahs life and how he rejected
Gods call, not because he was afraid but because he simply did not care about the
lost. He had a callous disregard for the lost. We talked about ‘the spirit of Jonah’ and
I challenged you to consider this question. Do you have God’s heart for the lost?
Last time we explored the hand of God in our lives, his interventions in our lives. Even
though Jonah had run from God, God still intervened in his life and rescued him. We
learn that you really can’t run from God. God’s grace comes to us in ways we would
never expect, that sometimes the belly of a fish is our salvation.