Welcome to the In Touch podcast with Charles Stanley for Tuesday, January 13th.

Is there an unresolved issue or secret sin you've been avoiding?

Today's podcast draws powerful lessons from Jonah's life,

challenging you to confront what holds you back and overcome any resistance to commitment.

Now, if God is who he says he is, and we believe that God only wants the best for us,

then why would any of us, under any circumstance, ever resist being committed to what God

has called us to be or what God has called us to do.

We asked that question why, and even while we ask it, all of us could probably point out

at some time in our life, when knowing the purpose of God, knowing the plan of God for our

life, we deliberately, willfully resisted God.

Why would we do that?

Well, I want us to look at the life of Jonah. In the life of

Jonah is a perfect example of a man who knew what God was calling him to do, and yet in spite of that,

resisted God's call. Resisted what God was asking of him. And let me begin by simply asking you this.

What is it that you know right now

that God is requiring of you, but you're holding him off? What is God challenging you to give up?

What area of your life is he challenging you to alter? What relationship is he saying to you sever that? What matter in your business is God

challenging you to commit to him? Is it your wealth that he's requiring of you to commit to him?

Is it your faithfulness to him? What is it that God keeps bringing up to you? You see, if you're

really going to be obedient to God and you're resisting him and your commitment, what happens is he keeps bringing this issue up. You see, if you really want to be obedient to God and you're resisting him and your

commitment, what happens is he keeps bringing this issue up. You get on to pray, he brings it up. You get

on to pray, he brings it up again. So usually what we do, we either eventually deal with what God is

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