2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. 3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey. 4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. 5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them (Jonah 3:2-5).
God’s purpose for sending Jonah to Nineveh was to save Nineveh from destruction. Jonah’s original refusal to go to Nineveh was against God’s plan, and we can now see that God had a very good reason for His plan. The other point is that God’s plan will come to pass anyway, regardless of human objections. It is clearly better for us to be willing participants in God’s plan. In order to be willing participants in God’s plan, we must trust God. Our trust is well founded; when God commands, He always delivers. So, there is no chance that God’s plan will be thwarted. God is, after all, the sovereign God of the Universe.
God’s purpose for sending Jonah to Nineveh was to save Nineveh from destruction. Jonah’s original refusal to go to Nineveh was against God’s plan, and we can now see that God had a very good reason for His plan. The other point is that God’s plan will come to pass anyway, regardless of human objections. It is clearly better for us to be willing participants in God’s plan. In order to be willing participants in God’s plan, we must trust God. Our trust is well founded; when God commands, He always delivers. So, there is no chance that God’s plan will be thwarted. God is, after all, the sovereign God of the Universe.
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