Thursday, 08 February 2007

• - Esther & Jonah -

  I was reading Esther and Jonah for KLTI.  One part that really struck me is that both of them have a similar thing that they suffer when they are called or challenge to do the great thing for God..

  For Esther, when she was asked to go and beg for mercy and pled the pled to spare Israel.  She was affraid that she might be put to death because no one suppose be appear in front of the king without being summon.  That her fear is to lose her life.. to lose everything else she had.

  For Jonah, the reason he tried to escape from God and refuse to go and preach to Nineveh is because he have something "personal" with the "great wiked city". I'm not so sure why he gets so personal about it.  Maybe he knew that God is going to forgive the city while he think that "salvation" is only for the Jews.

  One thing I learned is that when we focus too much on ourself.. what we going to lose.. what we don't like to do.. what we have to sacrifice.  Than we are blinded, that we are not able to see what God have in plan for us, for His kingdom.

  Both of them almost miss the "great plan" of God is they refuse to look away from themself.. Is not that God's plan will fail if these people keep being disobedience but it's more like these people going to miss being part of His plan.  That He will have other people to succed the plan but those who keep being disobedience.. you might miss the honor of being in His being plan to advance His kingdom.

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