When The Lord Uses Tough Love With Us

From Jonah 1:17, 2:1-2   17. But the LORD provided a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish three days and three nights. 1.Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from inside the fish. 2. He said: "In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me. From the depths of the grave I called for help, and you listened to my cry. Many times we won't obey God until we are placed rig

ht in middle of mess in order for us to get the message yet He is still merciful to hear our cry. However running will get you nowhere fast when you are running from the will of God, He is calling you and you are busy going in the other direction. But God has way getting your attention, life can swallow you up whole and when you come out of the situation you'll be glad to go wherever it is that God is sending you. Hey God put Jonah in a belly of a large fish, so don't tell me that HE won't allow a situation to arise in your life in order to get your attention and get you into obedience.