4 Signs You Are Running To God

God got Jonah's attention in a surprising way. But it worked! What would it take for God to get YOUR attention?

SCRIPTURE

Jonah 2

Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish, 2 saying,

“I called out to the Lord, out of my distress,
and he answered me;
out of the belly of Sheol I cried,
and you heard my voice.
3 For you cast me into the deep,
into the heart of the seas,
and the flood surrounded me;
all your waves and your billows
passed over me.
4 Then I said, ‘I am driven away
from your sight;
yet I shall again look
upon your holy temple.’
5 The waters closed in over me to take my life;
the deep surrounded me;
weeds were wrapped about my head
6 at the roots of the mountains.
I went down to the land
whose bars closed upon me forever;
yet you brought up my life from the pit,
O Lord my God.
7 When my life was fainting away,
I remembered the Lord,
and my prayer came to you,
into your holy temple.
8 Those who pay regard to vain idols
forsake their hope of steadfast love.
9 But I with the voice of thanksgiving
will sacrifice to you;
what I have vowed I will pay.
Salvation belongs to the Lord!”

10 And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.


NOTES

4 Signs That You Are Running To God

1. Difficulty
2. Prayer
3. Worship
4. Surrender

Response:
We run to You, Jesus!

REFLECTION QUESTIONS

1. What are some difficult times in your life that you feel comfortable talking about?

2. Read Esther Chapter 4. Where did Esther find the courage to do the right thing?

3. Read the prayer of Jonah out loud, personalizing it for yourself.

4. When you worship, which attributes of God do you focus on?

5. How do you know when God is asking you to do something?