You can reread our focus passage of Jonah 3 here –
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jonah%203&version=NRSV

And it would probably be a good idea to also read Jonah 1 –
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jonah%201&version=NRSV

V.
In Jonah 3 we hear from Jonah and see the city’s response to Jonah’s “successful preaching mission.” Everybody likes a success story, don’t they?

But how does Jonah get there? What leads him to “preaching” to the city of Nineveh?

VI.
As we read Jonah 1 we see a man on the run from God. He knows what he is supposed to do, right? He knows where he is to do it, right? And he goes the other way. Goes to extremes to move away from God.

How hard did Jonah “run from” God?

But, can we also ask “How hard did God “run after” Jonah”?

VII.
Can you remember when you ever “ran from” God?

Can you recall how God “ran after” you?

Where were you when God found you?

charles
{ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est}