I wonder about my own heart. The past year, going through cancer, chemo, and remission, caused me to question how deeply my heart really is rooted in our great God. I wonder how willing I really am to follow God wherever He calls me. Johannes Verkuyl, using the prophet Jonah motif, elucidates the resistance I often feel in my own heart:
“It is also important for catching a glimpse of the deep resistance this mandate encounters from the very servant Yahweh has chosen to discharge his worldwide work.”[1]
And as I question my own heart,
“Jonah is a lesson in educating a person to be a missionary: it reveals the need for a radical conversion of one’s natural tendencies and a complete restructuring of his life to make it serviceable for mission.”[2]
Rob Karch 