When was the last time God's plan collided with your agenda?

When life crushed your expectations?

Meet Jonah, a prophet who threw the ultimate temper tantrum when God showed mercy instead of judgment.

Today on Insight for Living, Chuck Swindoll peels back the layers of this ancient story to reveal

a man burning with racist rage, demanding that God kill him rather than forgive his enemies.

Sound shocking?

It should.

So let's consider four simple truths that can transform your daily experience from resentful pouting

to genuine peace.

Chuck titled today's message, The Grumblings of an Angry Prophet.

He is one resentful pouting prophet, angry to the core.

The change of plans greatly upset Jonah.

He became very angry.

And he says, I'd rather be, end of verse three. I'd rather be dead than alive if what I predicted will not happen. Guess where his eyes are all over himself?

I told him they were doomed. And you turned around and changed the plan.

I knew you'd do that.

It's just like you.

It's just like you.

If you won't wipe them out, wipe me out.

What God does do is pull him aside and ask him a question. I'd like to think of God

here in human terms as putting his great arm around the shoulder of his angry, complaining, pouting prophet, pulling him up close and saying,

is it right for you to be angry about this?

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