God’s thoughts for Nineveh were of redemption even though there was so much wickedness there.

God asked Jonah to go to Nineveh and warn the people.  He wanted Jonah to be part of His redemptive plan.  Jonah knew God was gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and would relent from sending calamity (Jonah 4:2b).  But Jonah thought the people should get what they deserve.  His thoughts for them were of judgment and so he went to Tarshish instead of going to Nineveh.  His wrong thinking made him disobedient and he ran away from God.  Is there any wrong thinking from the secular world,  or people’s opinions that have caused you to run away from God?  Wrong thinking will lead to disobedience.  When our thoughts are of judgment like Jonah’s we are out of God’s plan.  In spite of Jonah’s wrong thinking God gave him a second chance to make things right.  The grace and compassion God had for the people of Nineveh was also given to Jonah.  He was brought to his destination in the belly of a whale.  God always gives second chances to make things right.  God’s gracious and compassionate, unconditional, everlasting love is there to bring us to our destination.

Mama is counting on God’s grace to bring her in alignment with what He wants to do for those she has been praying for.  She had wrong thinking and God is helping her to renew her mind with God’s thoughts for them.  She must surrender her ways and plans and partner with God to extend grace and not judgment to others.

Unmerited grace overrides what we deserve.  Aligning our thoughts with God’s thoughts (The word) will lead us to be obedient to His purpose.