When I was a kid
I was riding my bike past an old decrepit mobile home. The unpainted,
quickly-thrown-together “attached” garage threatened to fall down at any time.
I stopped because I thought I heard a strange sound. Yup, I heard faint tiny crying.
I looked around the dilapidated garage and found the source. A very young grey
tabby kitten had gotten caught in the woodwork. He had fallen into a “V” shape
created by a 2x4 and some plywood. I lifted him straight up and out. He purred
and cuddled into my jacket covered arm. I had a new pet!
Tabby had no
hope of without a savior. He could not rescue himself. He became one of the
best cats I have ever known. It seemed he remembered and appreciated his
salvation the rest of his life.
Jonah came to the
place where he cried out to God for help. He could not rescue himself. There
was no hope without a Savior. God saved him and he expressed his appreciation.
He expressed how he knew God heard his prayer. He observed how those that
ignore God miss out on God’s mercy, which he had done. He displayed his change
of heart by giving thanks and honoring his previous vows. Finally, he reminded
himself that salvation only comes from God.
How interesting
it is that God has to use events and circumstances to get us to cry out to Him
for salvation. After I got saved, I still have times I cry out to God for
rescue. I need him to save me from events and circumstances that I can’t get
out of on my own. Now, if I can just keep the thankful loving attitude Tabby
had for the rest of my life.
“When my soul fainted within me I remembered
the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. They that
observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. But I will sacrifice unto thee
with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is
of the LORD.” Jonah 2:7-9.
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