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What's your Nineveh?
Posted by Andy Carlisle on 11 Sep 2006
This phrase has stuck in my mind as we thought about Jonah yesterday.
Somehow it seems easier to stick in my comfort zone and avoid talking
to those people I think don't want to know about the love of God. I
know God loves them but I don't. This fear of speaking is often
based on false assumptions that these people are not interested in God
or have questions about him. I am often amazed that when I do have the
courage to speak up, that God also shows up and touches their lives. It
was a real challenge to me to avoid limiting God to certain people,
places, or situations. What seems to help is genuinely listening to
people first and then praying for faith to go that bit further in
speaking than I would naturally do. Also having enough stillness
within, in the midst of busyness to hear God's prompting.
What's your Nineveh?