Book of Jonah: Nothing Has Changed (Pastor Josh Kim)

As we close out the book of Jonah, we'll see that not only has
Jonah not changed, but God hasn't either. The mission of God
hasn't changed or stopped because the heart of God has been on a
mission to restore. The question for us, as was for Jonah, is
whether we will join in on God's mission as we know his
heart.

Bible Verse : Jonah 4
4 But to Jonah this seemed very wrong, and he became angry.
2 He prayed to the Lord, “Isn’t this what I said, Lord,
when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by
fleeing to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and
compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who
relents from sending calamity. 3 Now, Lord, take away my
life, for it is better for me to die than to live.”


4 But the Lord replied, “Is it right for you to be angry?”


5 Jonah had gone out and sat down at a place east of the
city. There he made himself a shelter, sat in its shade and
waited to see what would happen to the city. 6 Then the
Lord God provided a leafy plant[a] and made it grow up over Jonah
to give shade for his head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was
very happy about the plant. 7 But at dawn the next day God
provided a worm, which chewed the plant so that it withered.
8 When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind,
and the sun blazed on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint. He
wanted to die, and said, “It would be better for me to die than
to live.”


9 But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry
about the plant?”


“It is,” he said. “And I’m so angry I wish I were dead.”


10 But the Lord said, “You have been concerned about this
plant, though you did not tend it or make it grow. It sprang up
overnight and died overnight. 11 And should I not have
concern for the great city of Nineveh, in which there are more
than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their
right hand from their left—and also many animals?”