Angry at God Pt 2 (4 of 4)
Series: Jonah: More than a Fish Story
Michael White
Jonah 4:6-10
When the 17th century puritan and british political leader Oliver Cromwell sat for his royal portait- at a time when painters were meant to portray their subjects to flatter them- make them better an more attractive then the actually are- he requested that he be painted as he is- warts and all-
And it's become a phrase to portray not only to show the good points about a persons looks or character or actions but also their defects. Jonah concludes the book showing a picture of himself warts and all. he was certainly a nefarious character- rebellious, self centered, and very angry.
And we look at his example and we wonder why did God use him at all? Wasn't there someone a little better to choose from?
In our minds we think that God can't use a dirty vessel- and that's an understatement- the guy was very selfish- yet God used him to save an entire city of 120,000 people.
God's power is not limited to our personal holiness. God uses clay pots, dirty vessels to accomplish his will. It doesn't mean that he doesn't desire that we be holy but his power is not limited to our holiness.
When we sin God doesn't say, O I can never use him again, I give up! No, God uses the weak things of the world to confound the mighty.
And if you think for a moment that your usefulness to God is dependent on your personal holiness, you are mistaken because then you will never be ready.
God uses us in our weakness- and Jonah was just the man that God needed.
There are countless pastors, evangelists, missionaries- people greatly used of God- who later failed morally- and so the reason they were effective is not because of who they were- they were effective because the word of God never returns void. It shows us the power of God's Word.
When God wants to do something, he gets it done. He will use whatever means necessary to exact his will in the universe- and ofte ...
Series: Jonah: More than a Fish Story
Michael White
Jonah 4:6-10
When the 17th century puritan and british political leader Oliver Cromwell sat for his royal portait- at a time when painters were meant to portray their subjects to flatter them- make them better an more attractive then the actually are- he requested that he be painted as he is- warts and all-
And it's become a phrase to portray not only to show the good points about a persons looks or character or actions but also their defects. Jonah concludes the book showing a picture of himself warts and all. he was certainly a nefarious character- rebellious, self centered, and very angry.
And we look at his example and we wonder why did God use him at all? Wasn't there someone a little better to choose from?
In our minds we think that God can't use a dirty vessel- and that's an understatement- the guy was very selfish- yet God used him to save an entire city of 120,000 people.
God's power is not limited to our personal holiness. God uses clay pots, dirty vessels to accomplish his will. It doesn't mean that he doesn't desire that we be holy but his power is not limited to our holiness.
When we sin God doesn't say, O I can never use him again, I give up! No, God uses the weak things of the world to confound the mighty.
And if you think for a moment that your usefulness to God is dependent on your personal holiness, you are mistaken because then you will never be ready.
God uses us in our weakness- and Jonah was just the man that God needed.
There are countless pastors, evangelists, missionaries- people greatly used of God- who later failed morally- and so the reason they were effective is not because of who they were- they were effective because the word of God never returns void. It shows us the power of God's Word.
When God wants to do something, he gets it done. He will use whatever means necessary to exact his will in the universe- and ofte ...
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