Everybody knows of what happened to Paul on the road to Damascus. We have also heard of the road to Emmaus when Cleopas and his friend didn’t recognize Jesus as He walked with them. However, have we heard about the road to Nineveh?
James Merritt, of Touching Lives Ministries, says it like this: It was God’s will that Jonah went to Nineveh, but he did not want to go, and defiantly headed for Tarshish. Every day each of us visits one of those two cities. Nineveh represents God's will and Tarshish represents our will. When we go to Nineveh, obedience brings blessing…every time. When we decide to go to Tarshish, disobedience brings burdens and bondage…every time.
We decide each day to either follow God’s will or to follow our will. Which city will you visit today? If you choose the former (Nineveh), then it will take a total surrender to Christ, relinquishing and yielding our will to that of the Holy Spirit. How do we do that? It will take a total 100% commitment to
v22 …be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
[James 1:22]
God gave us free will so that we could love Him of our own volition. It is our choice.
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