A Gracious God and Merciful

After Nineveh repents, Jonah is furious—not because his mission failed, but because it succeeded. God’s mercy toward his enemies frustrates him, revealing a hard truth: Jonah preferred judgment for others, not salvation. God responds with patience, teaching Jonah through a plant that provides shade and then is removed. When Jonah mourns the loss of comfort, God asks a piercing question: “You cared about a temporary plant, shouldn’t I care about 120,000 people?” The book ends with a question, not an answer, calling us to reflect: Will we share God’s heart for the lost and obey His call to reach a dying world?