Jonah was a very angry man,even disillusioned ,why?, because as one writer puts it,' he could not accept Yahweh'cheapening' His mercy by offering it to all and sundry'.It was all to much for him to accept,so he asked God to take his life.God challenges Jonah as regards his anger,are you angry?be careful that your anger may lead you to say something you shouldn't,or do something you shouldn't. We read how Jonah went out of the city and sat down to see what would happen,would God give in to him,and destroy the city, that was not going to happen.As he sat there God caused a plant to grow,and it give him shade from the sun,but then God caused the plant to die,he became angry and wished to die. He felt justified at being angry at the loss of the plant. It was then God spoke to him,and pointed out that Jonah thought more of the plant ,than the hundred and twenty thousand people and their livestock, whom God in mercy showed pity on then.It is sad that so often we who profess to be God's children ,misrepresent Him, in so many ways. God grant us grace,to be like our dear Saviour, who did not come to condemn the world ,but to save all who repent of their sin and trust Him.
'Christ receiveth Sinful men
Even me with all my sin;
Purged from every spot and stain,
Heaven with Him I enter in'
Erdman Neumeister
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