Jonah 3:5 The Ninevites believed God.
Somehow in all the times I read the story of Jonah this this little phrase didn't stand out to me until today.
Jonah's the one whose been called to travel. Jonah's the one who was on a sinking ship. Jonah's the one who was swallowed by a fish and half digested. He's the one who braved it (eventually) enough to face some really scary folks in Nineveh and it was his proclamation that convinced them to repent. Right?
So why doesn't the Bible say that the Ninevites believed Jonah? That would be the proper nod to send Jonah's way after all he's been through? Right ?
But, it's not about Jonah anymore than Van Gogh's "Starry Night" was about the paint brush.
How ludicrous it would be to get all worked up over Van Gogh's paintbrush. If that paintbrush had not placed in Van Gogh's hand it would be nothing but a brush.
It works the same with Jonah and with me and with all of us. We so easily lose sight of how we are tools that God chooses to use to accomplish His purposes. As worship leaders, we've been gifted in such a way that our job is to creatively tell the story. But we forget that we're the story tellers not the author sometimes.
I so often find myself wanting the attention, the accolades, the respect and the credit when really all I've done is to tell the story, pass on the message.
We must be certain that as we tell our story that we are believable, but often that communicates best by just letting other see clearly how deeply we believe.
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