Don’t Let Your Emotion Rule You

But the Lord sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship was about to be broken up. Then the mariners were afraid; and every man cried out to his god, and threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea, to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down into the lowest parts of the ship, had lain down, and was fast asleep. So the captain came to him, and said to him, “What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God; perhaps your God will consider us, so that we may not perish.” And they said to one another, “Come, let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this trouble has come upon us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah. Then they said to him, “Please tell us! For whose cause is this trouble upon us? What is your occupation? And where do you come from? What is your country? And of what people are you?” So he said to them, “I am a Hebrew; and I fear the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.” - Jonah 1:4-9

Many people are too emotional about the issue of life to the extent that they are either slowed down completely or derailed on their life journey. Such was the case of Jonah and the passengers that boarded the same ship with him going to Tarshish.

In the story, the mariners would have perished for failure to confront the pressing issues seriously and timely. They did not want to offend Jonah out of emotion. The passengers possibly thought it was their responsibility to die to make him happy when he told them that he was the cause of their ordeal. Having revealed his identity and disobedience to God was enough ground and justification for them to have calmness. Jonah 1:4,6-16.

There are some people today who are like the mariners in the storm of Jonah who lost their wares and property and would have lost their lives because of sentiments. Think of it, if they had managed to keep a heavenly-resisted man like Jonah, all of them could have perished, including Jonah. On the other hand, Jonah would still have repented in the bottom of the sea and given chance by God. The fish would have transported him to his destination. You know the Lord is merciful.

Don’t forget this, that God has no intention that you will be frustrated in your location. You cannot be accountable for what you are not responsible for. Accountability goes along with responsibility. Jonah was responsible for what happened to him along the way to Tarshish.

Life is a gift and we must not allow anybody to break our focus and make it ordinary, for with determination and strong will, we shall succeed, Amen.

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