Tag Archives: surrender

God of Mercy

Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

Jonah 1:9

Reading:

Jonah 1:1-3; 3:1-9

What do I do with God’s Word to me?

What do I do with God’s message through me?

Am I comfortable in God’s presence?

Which communities and peoples and “races” do not matter to me?

What risks and discomforts will I accept in order to declare God’s message?

Does God want me to attempt to effect Nineveh-type community change?

“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me” (Jonah 1:2).

[The Scriptures say in Jonah 3:3 -- So Jonah arose, and went...according to the word of the LORD]
from Jonah 3:3

Would God be overjoyed to let it be as I will?

When Crumbs Will Do

Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as though wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.

Matthew 15:28

Reading:

Matthew 15:21-31

“Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me” (Matthew 15:25).

How faithful and watchful am I as a parent? (Or as a child, for that matter!)

Do the cries of others push me across the wrong threshold?

Will I give up in the face of divine silence?

Is my faith (or hope) driven by a sense of entitlement (“God owes me….”)?

Would God be overjoyed to let it be as I will?

What do I do with my issues, challenges, problems, woes, and troubles?

Does God get enough glory from me?

Photo of dog with this saying from Matthew 15:27 -- 'Yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall']
from Matthew 15:27