Have you ever been angry with God for His Mercy? No, I'm not talking about His mercy to you

or His mercy to a loved one. We all love that. But I'm talking about your frustration with God

when He shows mercy to somebody whom you consider to be a rascal,

when he shows mercy on someone that you think that he ought to be strung by his ears in the public place.

You know what I'm talking about.

But let me make a confession to you up front.

And my confession to you is this.

If I was writing my own biography like Jonah was

writing his in this book, I would have stopped at chapter three. Ending at chapter three

would have just made me, I mean, you would have presented me in the best light. Ending with chapter

three would have proved that I'm a guy who

always put his best foot forward. I mean, after all, the movies that we all love are the ones

that always has a happy ending, right? Even in the business world, we say the best deal is when everybody wins, when

it's a win-win deal. We like a happy ending. We like a fair deal. But why in the world did

Jonah include chapter four in this book? At the end of chapter three, he left us on high. At the end of chapter three,

he left us with the account of the greatest revival that is known in biblical history. And then he

goes on to chapter four as if to say, now, let me show you my dark side.

Now, let me show you my shallowness.

Let me show you my self-centeredness.

Let me show you my pittiness.

Let me show you my selfishness.

Let me show you my Achilles heels. Let me show you my

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