I find it interesting how I can read a passage in the Bible several times, yet discover a new message that has been there all along. This happened as I was reading the book of Jonah this morning, within the following passage -"Then the sailors picked Jonah up and threw him into the raging sea, and the storm stopped at once! The sailors were awestruck by the Lord's great power, and they offered him a sacrifice and vowed to serve him." (Jonah 1:15-16) We all know the whale swallows Jonah and then spits him up later, but I am captured by how God used this same circumstance to minister to those sailors on the boat. Back in verse 5 we read "Fearing for their lives, the desperate sailors shouted to their gods for help..." within 10 verses the sailors turn from their own beliefs to serving our Lord.
How many times have I gone through a difficult situation or trial, not knowing what God's purpose is, wondering what wisdom I may gain from it; not realizing that the Lord may be using my trial to benefit others as well. I find comfort in this story, as it is a great reminder to me, that the Lord never wastes a hurt or trial.
-AZ
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