A Second Chance God

Everyone knows the story of Jonah and the great fish, even unbelievers. However, Jonah being swallowed by the great fish isn’t the point of the story, in fact, the great fish is only mentioned in 3 verse out of four chapters.

The point of the story is that God is a God of second chances. He gave Jonah a second chance to go Nineveh as he was commanded after he came to himself in the belly of the fish. (That phrase “came to himself” is the same phrase used with the prodigal son).  God could have given up on Jonah and just let him die in the belly of that fish and sent someone else.  But God had a plan for Jonah and He had a plan for the people of Nineveh.

Jonah isn’t the only person in the story to receive a second chance, the people of Nineveh were about to get their opportunity at a second chance as well. In the end, both Jonah and Nineveh took advantage of the second chance God had provided them.

I don’t know about you, but I am glad that my God is a God of second chances!  If we are honest, most of us would probably admit that we are all far past just our second chance and have seen God give us more chances than we probably deserve.

Maybe you feel you have done too many things in your life for God to give you another chance; the Bible would prove that to be wrong. If you cry out to God, He’ll hear you and give you another chance to follow His will for your life!  We can’t go back and change things we’ve done, but we can keep going forward looking toward that future Tree of Life awaiting us.

Have a great evening and God bless.