Wednesday Devo
Scripture:
Jonah 3:1-3
Then the Lord spoke to Jonah a second time: 2 “Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh, and deliver the message I have given you.” 3 This time Jonah obeyed the Lord’s command and went to Nineveh, a city so large that it took three days to see it all.
Then the Lord spoke to Jonah a second time: 2 “Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh, and deliver the message I have given you.” 3 This time Jonah obeyed the Lord’s command and went to Nineveh, a city so large that it took three days to see it all.
Commentary:
3:3a Jonah went to Nineveh instead of fleeing to Tarshish. He complies with God’s will, but whether this compliance is from the heart remains to be seen.
Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008), 1689.
Questions:
For Jonah, Nineveh was a distant city filled with people he did not want to reach. For many of us, our "Nineveh" is much closer. It may be a family member, coworker, neighbor, friend, or classmate.
God has intentionally placed each of us within a network of relationships. These people are not there by accident. They are part of the mission field God has entrusted to us.
Often, the people who need Jesus most are the people we see every day. God calls us to influence them through our example, our love, and our willingness to point them toward Him.
God has intentionally placed each of us within a network of relationships. These people are not there by accident. They are part of the mission field God has entrusted to us.
Often, the people who need Jesus most are the people we see every day. God calls us to influence them through our example, our love, and our willingness to point them toward Him.
- Who is the person, group, or relationship that immediately comes to mind when you think about someone who needs Jesus? Is there anyone you have been reluctant to engage spiritually because of fear, frustration, past conflict, or uncertainty? What makes reaching out to that person difficult for you?
- Scripture teaches that God intentionally places people in specific families, neighborhoods, schools, workplaces, and communities. How would your perspective change if you viewed your everyday environment not as an accident, but as a mission field carefully assigned to you by God? What opportunities might you be overlooking?
- Think about the people closest to you: your family, friends, coworkers, classmates, or neighbors. Have distractions, busyness, comfort, or self-focus caused you to neglect opportunities to encourage them spiritually? What specific change should you make to become more intentional in pointing them toward Christ?
Prayer Topics:
- Pray by name for family members, friends, coworkers, or neighbors who do not know Christ.
- Ask God to help you recognize opportunities to share His love in your everyday routine.
- Pray for strength to lead spiritually in the relationships God has entrusted to you.
This Week's City 7:
Try to commit to memory!
1. Who is Jesus?
I believe Jesus is God because Jesus said He is God and proved it by rising from the dead and appearing to His disciples, His brother James, 500 others at one time, and Paul.
(Mark 3:21; John 8:58, 10:30-33, 14:9-11; Acts 9:1-6; 1 Corinthians 15:3-8; Colossians 1:15-20; Hebrews 1:2-3; James 1:1)
I believe Jesus is God because Jesus said He is God and proved it by rising from the dead and appearing to His disciples, His brother James, 500 others at one time, and Paul.
(Mark 3:21; John 8:58, 10:30-33, 14:9-11; Acts 9:1-6; 1 Corinthians 15:3-8; Colossians 1:15-20; Hebrews 1:2-3; James 1:1)
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