This short book reveals just as much about God’s “heart” as it does “God’s will”. God’s Word of judgment against sin pulsates with God’s heart to save sinners. God seeks the good of his enemies even while Jonah’s heart proves quite the opposite.
For us today, where are we running from God and His Word? Do we really want to see our enemies saved by the love of God? Are we in the church guilty of being more like Jonah than we care to admit?