You Can Run But You Can't Hide

In service today, Pastor Dick preached on the story of Jonah. Being one of the greatest prophets of his time, Jonah received a special calling from God to speak the message of repentance to the Ninevites, Israel's enemies. However, Jonah was scared -- he always brought messages of growth and expansion to the Jews, he didn't feel comfortable bringing a message of God's potential wrath to these Pagans. And so he did what we all would of done -- ran (or rather sail away). How do you escape from the creator of the world? You can't. God shook Jonah with a storm comparable to the one in Noah's time. However, through a merciful God, Jonah was rescued and brought to safety and eventually did the will of God.

What does this story remind us?
1) We all have a little Jonah in each of us. We all want to run away sometimes from the will of God. But...
2) Our God is relentless. He loves us way too much to just let us go because of our arrogance and ignorance. He will pursue you to the ends of the Earth.