The Word of the Lord

 2 Kings 13-14; 2 Chronicles 25; 2 Timothy 3 

“He was the one who restored the boundaries of Israel…in accordance with the word of the Lord, the God of Israel, spoken the servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath Hepher.”

2 Kings 14:25

Jonah was used by God to prophesy the defeat of Israel’s oppressing enemies to the north. His own family would have experienced the hardship of living under the cruel Arameans. Jonah’s assignment to preach repentance to Nineveh meant God’s redemptive plan included Israel’s enemies. To fulfill that preaching assignment, Jonah had to represent God’s throne room rather than his own people.

Are we able to view the world from God’s mission-heart first, or are we also carrying, as our first response, the biases and political perspectives of our nations?

Jonah was first a servant of the Lord and it was God’s Word that he carried.

How would others describe us?

“Thank you Lord for entrusting your Word to me and opening doors to share it, regardless of the cost - for your glory.”