Ninevah

I'm thinking of Jonah....how God sent him somewhere, giving him a word that if he would intercede, and warn people, that Ninevah would be saved. So essentially....Jonah runs away because He knows what's going to happen. He would go to Ninevah, preach repentance and give the warning, people would repent and disaster would be averted. Sounds like a formula for success. Except, that knowing God's mercy, Jonah, I think, knows he's going to look like a fool. He's going to say, "tragedy is coming unless you repent." And when they do...guess what? God relents and blesses. So people will say..."oh, nothing was going to happen anyway. Your crazy." But it will be justified in the end. We don't need to worry about what people think or say. What matters are lives in the balance, and being obedient. So if God says, "go to Ninevah!" Go. And if He says, "build an ark in the desert." Well.....start choppin' wood....