Topic: The Jonah Within
Text: Jonah 1:4-10

Many people are hooked to curses because they have no knowledge of the practical steps to take to get rid of the curses. Foe example, if the curse can be traced o environmental factors you may have to get away from the environment. This reminds me of the story of how Elisha dealt with the case of a city with bad water, in II Kings 2:19-22. Questions have been asked on why Elisha asked for a new cruse. Also why the need for the sail? Why was the salt applied as the spring of the water? Is there any implication in the fact that the salt must come in the new cruse? There was need for a new cruse that had not been contaminated by the cursed water. The new cruse brought a change. Do you know that curses can come through contamination? If you get hooked to cursed persons, before you know it, the curse will infect you own life too. For example, if you keep eating and drinking with a friend who has tuberculosis, in the same plates and cups, you should soon need some injections yourself.

We discover from the scriptures that one cursed person can contaminate a whole organization. We find a very good example in the story of Jonah who was sent on an errand by God but he disobeyed. For his disobedience, God decided to deal with him by sending a storm to buffet the ship on which he was traveling. But Jonah was not alone on the ship. His fellow travelers who feared a shipwreck as the storm threw their ship hither and hither had to throw their goods overboard, thus suffering great losses. While all these were happening, Jonah was sleeping. When Jonah was eventually found to be the cause of their trouble, they threw him overboard, as he suggested. Thereafter the storm ceased. My prayer for you is that if there is any Jonah causing problems in your organization, may God quickly fish him out, in Jesus’ name. Are you a Jonah? Ponder and make amends.

Memory Verse: Jonah 1:7 - “And they said everyone to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.”