Travail precede passivity. Jonah’s disobedience was the start of his travail. The Bible tells us, “The Lord sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the sea was about to be broken up.” Read Jonah 1:4 (NKJV). “Why has this awful storm come down on us?” they demanded. “Who are you? What is your line of work? What country are you from? What is your nationality?” Jonah answered, “I am a Hebrew, and I worship the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the land.” The sailors were terrified when they heard this, for he had already told them he was running away from the Lord. “Oh, why did you do it?” they groaned. Continue reading ““Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim against it…” Jonah’s Travail – Part 2″ →