Prayer Focus-God’s Favor to Humility

JOHN SHIRK – In the Year of Focus, we take a look at God’s favorable response to humility.

Jonah obeyed the Lord to give a warning to Nineveh that it would be overthrown in 40 days. The Ninevites responded to this message with belief and humility. They put on sackcloth and fasted in their brokenness.

In Jonah 3:8, The king proclaimed, “Let everyone call urgently on God. Let them give up their evil ways and their violence. Who knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish.”

That is exactly what happened. God responded to the urgent prayers of the Ninevites with compassion, and did not bring on them the destruction He had threatened.

James 4:6 has this word of wisdom for all of us: God opposes the proud, but shows favor to the humble.”

God’s favorable response to humility is worth examining for a faith-focused life.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com