God's Reach, Your Run | Jonah and the Whale | Pastor Steve Andres

Have you been running from God? This weekend Pastor Steve Andres started a new series, JONAH AND THE WHALE, with a message about God's reach when we run.Jonah 1:3So Jonah went down to Joppa, found a ship which was going to Tarshish, paid the fare, and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.The book of Jonah is only four chapters, but it’s three chapters too long. Jonah says no to God and runs from God’s call on his life.1) When you are running from God, there is nowhere to go but down.Eventually, we reap from whatever we sow. If we sow obedience, we reap good fruit. But if we sow disobedience, we see the fruit of that as well.2) When you are running from God, you pick up the tab. When you are in the will of God, He always provides. When we are running from God, we pay a price we rarely want to pay.3) When you are running from God, expect the weather to get bad.If you are a child of God in rebellion, you can expect a storm or else you might be somebody else’s kid!4) When you are running from God, everyone around you suffers.Your rebellion means that others have to deal with your storm. Proverbs 13:20He who walks with wise people will be wise,But a companion of fools will suffer harm.We have all experienced the collateral damage of someone else’s foolishness. 5) When you are running from God, everything God does is to save you and restore you.To Jonah, the fish that swallowed him seemed like a cruel punishment, but it was actually the means of saving him!Jesus, the obedient prophet, faced our storm and was swallowed by death so that we could be rescued! God’s reach is always greater than our run!