Learning on the way
Spiritual slumber occurs when we choose not to listen to or obey God, and over time, we don’t hear his voice. Have you ever been, or are you currently in a state of spiritual slumber? How is it affecting you? What did God allow in your life to wake you up?
We look at Jonah running from an omnipresent God and judge his actions. However, how does your life resemble Jonah’s? Do you complain or push back about your life even while saying God is sovereign?
Jonah is selfishly focused on his situation and neglects to see how his actions are causing peril to everyone else. Looking back over your own life, were there times you focused so much on your unhappiness that you caused harm to others? Have you ever hit rock bottom before you were able to see this in your life?
God used an instrument of death to become an instrument of grace. Have you ever thought about the sign of Jonah and its significance in the gospel? How has God used an instrument of death (illness, cancer, loss of employment, etc.) in your life to be an instrument of grace?