Anger And Compassion

Jonah 4:10-11  

"Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, 

neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:
And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are 

more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot 

discern between their right hand and their 

left hand; and also much cattle?" 

    It is just that those who love to complain should never be left without something to complain about, so that problems manifested and corrected and if possible, be cured. Even after the rebuke God gave Jonah, God reasoned with him again, (v-9). 

    When afflictions deprive us of our relations, possessions and enjoyments we must bear it patiently and not be angry at God. Those things are gone God is not gone. Passion often over rules conscience and forces us to make a wrong call or judgment.    

    He that gave took away, and Jonah should have blessed his name in both; but because, when he took the comfort of the gourd, he did not give God the praise of it, God deprived him of the benefit of it, and justly so.
    My Friends, when we start to take to much comfort for the things God provides us with, and not Bless and Praise God for them; we will soon understand the meaning "He That Gave Took Away!"  
Amen!

Reading: Jonah 4: 1-11
Ref: HG SB 

May God Bless You

And Your Family

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry