Jonah 2:7 As my life was slipping away, I remembered the Lord. And my earnest prayer went out to you…v.9 But I will offer sacrifices to you with songs of praise, and I will fulfil all my vows, For my salvation comes from the Lord alone.
Jonah was in the belly of the whale because his disobedience to God had led him in the wrong direction. He was in the dark, covered in slime, it was smelly, seaweed wrapped round his head, he couldn’t see the way out, everything looked hopeless but despite all that, Jonah knew what to do!
First of all he remembered the Lord, he called out to God from where he was at, and then he offered the sacrifice of praise, before he got out, for three days and three nights which probably felt like forever! He also said he’d fulfil the vows he’s made to God before he was in the mess. We can all learn from Jonah and do as he did.
We all face different difficulties but we too can remember God is for us, that He is mighty to save through Jesus and call out to Him in faith and then give Him the sacrifice of praise. You may say, “What can I praise God for, things are messed up, I’m so discouraged?” Thank Him you’re still alive, thank God for His Word that He’s going to bring you out of your trouble into victory, that His plans for you are good, to give you a future and a hope.
Faith works when there is no evidence of our deliverance, or of things changing, but we choose to stand facing the fear, the depression, or whatever physical situation we’re in, by praising God, believing He’s bringing us out of it all, that we’ll be stronger and better off than when we went into it. Faith believes that with God all things are possible.😊
Sometimes it is a sacrifice and we may not feel like doing it, but let’s allow faith to rise up on the inside and give God praise for the victory before we see it, knowing God is faithful to us, He is in the delivering business and He will do it because of Jesus, because He said He would. Nothing is too hard for our God. Amen.
Psalm 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.
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