The Bargain (Day 2 from Cleansing Thoughts)
There are two occasions in the Bible the Lord brought to my remembrance concerning acts of desperation and fear that led to salvations. The first is the story of Jonah. Do you remember why Jonah fled in the first place? That’s right, he was fleeing from the presence of the Lord, because he did not want to do what the Lord had asked him to do. How many times have we, in our own way, done this very thing and in doing so found ourselves, just as Jonah, in the sea of circumstances? Jonah boarded a ship for Tarshish, in the mist of the sea, a great storm arose, and the ship was about to be destroyed. When he was confronted by those onboard, Jonah admitted to his sin and told them to just cast him overboard so that they would not perish because of him. God had prepared a great fish to swallow him, where he remained in its belly for three days and three nights. In chapter two verse two, we see Jonah had accomplished what he wanted to do. The Word tells us he was in the bell...