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Jonah1:1-17

Jonah fled the presence of the LORD and entered into a storm. Do you wonder how you get yourself into your present storm? Has the LORD been talking to you while you are walking away from Him? Has He been giving you some directions while you have been busy listening to the dictates of your heart? Jeremiah 17:9, ÒThe heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?Ó How can God speak and not be honored? When you choose to do it your own way or at your own time, you will miss His assignment and end up in a storm. Jonah 1:1-3, ÒNow the word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Ôarise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it: for their wickedness has come up before Me,Õ but Jonah arose and flee to Tarnish from the presence of the LORD, he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.Ó The word of God is God. When His word came to Jonah, Jonah responded by moving in the direction of the dictate of his heart. He did not obey the presence of God. He ended up in a great storm. God gave him another chance because the storm did not take his life. He could have died. Do you know if you are going to survive your storm, or not? Lift your voice to Him ask Him to give you another chance.