Friday, October 30, 2020 How Spiritual Awakening Begins "Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the fish's belly" (Jonah 2:1 nkjv). The belly of a sea creature is a very interesting place to experience revival. But it's where Jonah came to his senses and cried out to the Lord. Then, after the fish vomited him onto dry land, he went to Nineveh and delivered the message that God gave him. Initially we might think that message wasn't a very hopeful one: "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!" (Jonah 3:4 nkjv). But I think it was pretty hopeful. They had 40 days to think about it, 40 days to consider their lifestyles, and 40 days to get right with God. As a result, the people of Nineveh believed God's warning and repented. Verse 10 of Jonah 3 says, "Then God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God relented from the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them, and He did not do it" (nkjv). I wonder if God is giving the United States of America an opportunity to repent right now? I think He is. |
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