Interesting Reading: Jonah 1:1-17 & Psalms 139
How does it feel to be running from something or someone? Is running really any better than staying and facing the problem?
These questions and more were probably at one time or another center of thought for the man (Jonah) who in the Bible has the distinction of taking the first three-day submarine excursion. Jonah rebelled against God’s specific direction. He became a fugitive from God. What Jonah learned, among others things, is that you may run from doing God’s will, but you cannot hide from God.
It is the same lesson which Adam and Eve learned shortly after their act of disobedience in the garden. They attempted to hide from God, but God was fully aware of exactly what head taken place – and where they were.
We all know that as Christians we face temptation. Especially in those times when we are all alone, it is most likely to happen that the tempter will offer his GOLDEN LIE: “But nobody will ever know.” That idea seems to strip away our resistance until we reel with the awareness that we are not alone – God Himself is present.
Do you know that God truly does know all about you? Your past – present – future – deeds – thoughts and motives? What amazes us is that He loves us just the way we are.
Trust God, stand firm, face up to reality of life and don’t become a FUGITIVE.
