God Quote-God’s Concern

JOHN SHIRK – In the Year of God’s Word, this is what the LORD says in Jonah 4:11.

God said to the prophet Jonah, “Should I not have concern for this great city Nineveh, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left-and also many animals?”

That is how the book of Jonah ends. We do not have a written record in the Bible of how Jonah would have responded to these words. He was angry because the Lord used Jonah’s message to spare the people of Nineveh from destruction. The city was filled with evil and violence, but after hearing Jonah’s warning, the people turned from their evil ways and God relented from destroying the city.

If God is concerned for those who are on the path of destruction, then it stands to reason that God’s people would have concern too, so that we are motivated to show them a better way.

Jonah 4:11-That’s today’s God Quote for us to embrace for Life.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com