The Missionary’s Anger

During a company meeting, Sarah, known for her perpetually cheerful demeanor, was unexpectedly put in charge of presenting a rather unfortunate quarterly report. Determined not to let the grim numbers dampen her spirits, she decided to deliver the news in her usual bubbly tone. As she started the presentation, Sarah chirped, "Good morning, everyone! I have some super exciting news! Our sales have plummeted, and our expenses have skyrocketed! Isn't that fascinating?" Her voice was as bright and cheerful as if she were announcing a holiday bonus. The room was filled with confused faces as her colleagues tried to match her enthusiastic tone with the dire content of her message. Every slide was presented with more zest, "And here, if you look closely, you'll see our profits have taken a deep dive into the ocean of opportunity!" By the end of the presentation, the room erupted in a mix of laughter and applause. Her boss, trying to keep a straight face, thanked her for her "enthusiastic" delivery, adding, "Thank you, Sarah, for that... uplifting downturn report. We'll all be smiling as we tighten our belts!" The next day he called Sarah into his office and told her how great of a job she is doing and gave her a card covered with rainbows and smilie faces.

It read, “Hope you have a great weekend and as a surprise you can have off the next few years.

Jonah 4 English Standard Version (ESV)

Jonah's Anger and the Lord's Compassion

4 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly,[a] and he was angry. 2 And he prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from disaster. 3 Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.” 4 And the Lord said, “Do you do well to be angry?”

Today as we begin to look at this scripture and try to see how this rightly applies to us.

We now see Jonah reverting back to his former self. The lesson works for a period of time, but the old self pops right back out. I feel we often do this as Christians. We have our experience and its like boom Jesus, then the world hits us and boom old self. Often I find we fall back into our old vices. The same old sin. We all have them. It could be hatred like Jonah, drugs, gambling, Mommy and Daddy sins, lying…..Whatever. We have these that we just fall into so easily when we are not focused on God. So seeing Jonah do this lead me to 3 questions.

Could God have sent someone better suited then Jonah? Me?

Two comtemporaries of Jonah –

Hosea – Gods loving Kindness and His willingness to forgive.

Amos – Judgement is coming.

This lesson was for Jonah as much as Nineveh.

Thank Goodness god doesn’t send someone else because he loves us that much. To the moon and back.

“I have chosen you.” Keep that note of greatness in your creed. It is not that you have got God, but that he has got you. Why is God at work in me, bending, breaking, molding, doing just as He chooses? For one purpose only-that He may be able to say, “This is my man, my woman.” (Oswald Chambers -1874-1917)

Why do you have to be sooooooo you? How dare you God! Being so good, except to me

Opposite of normal

Sometimes God makes people angry because he’s God.

Goodness – here.

Why is God good to these horrible people and give them and not us good Christians

– prodigal son Discipline

– why would God allow me to be treated like this

– why would God allow people to go to hell Jonah would never had escaped the belly of the fish if God wasnt with him.

Is Denial a river in Egypt? Not for Jonah.

I don’t Hate

I strongly dislike I have My reasons

If you only know what they did to me! I don’t Hate

Seriously I don’t have people I hate. Peace Man, Love Apathy is worse then Hate iii.Video – Or maybe it is just great hate

Hatred is contrary to the work of God

One of the worst cases of hatred I have ever come across is found in a will written in 1935 by a Mr. Donohoe. It says, “Unto my two daughters, Frances Marie and Denise Victoria, by reason of their bad attitude toward a doting father, ... I leave the sum of $1 to each and a father’s curse. May their lives be fraught with misery, unhappiness, and poignant sorrow. May their deaths be soon and of a lingering malignant and torturous nature.” The last line of the will is so vicious I shudder to quote it. It reads, “May their souls rest in hell and suffer the torments of the condemned for eternity.” (Our Daily Bread, February 18, 1994).

Hatred stems from unforgiveness!

Do you do well to be angry?

Do you have a right to be angry?

Are you in denial about your hate?