The Opposite Direction

Jonah 1:3 NLT says, "But Jonah got up and went in the opposite direction ..." Seem foolish doesn't? Especially on this side of the story! Oh, but how often do we find ourselves going in the opposite direction, just like Jonah, trying to flee from the presence of the Lord. The passage informs us that Jonah actually thought he could flee from the presence of the Lord. How silly is that thought? However, we often find ourselves in that same predicament, trying to "flee from the presence of the Lord."

The "opposite direction" represents everything that God is not. Lack of peace, lack of rest, lack of joy, lack of contentment, lack of fulfillment, and the list goes on and on. It is never ending. However, following God is everything that God is. I want everything that God is. I want His peace, His joy, His rest, His contentment, His fulfillment, and as the other list, it goes on and on because God is never ending. To have everything that God is, is to have everything because God is.

The heartbreak is this, how often do we find ourselves going in "the opposite direction"? My aim today ... my goal today is not the "opposite direction" but His direction.

This is today,

Pastor Gary