Running Away from God
When I was a child, we would play "Hide and Seek." I am sure that all of us have played this game at some time in our lives. Someone is chosen to be "It." The rest of the children are given a short time to hide, hoping to be able to get a place where they will never be found. However, most of the time we could not get away completely without being found at some point. That is certainly how it is with God. We might try to get away from Him, but it is impossible. Jonah was a prophet of God, but he still decided to run away from God when God called him to go and prophesy against the people of Nineveh. (Jonah 1:3) "But Jonah got up and went in the opposite direction to get away from the Lord. He went down to the port of Joppa, where he found a ship leaving for Tarshish. He bought a ticket and went on board, hoping to escape from the Lord by sailing to Tarshish." Let's not be too hard on Jonah, because many of us have done the same thing, just in another w...