Stay alert, as you pray aloud the words of this Lazaroo:

“At this the men greatly feared the LORD…”
(Jonah 1:16)

Well, they could hardly miss this one, could they, Jesus?

Jonah told them he was the reason
the storm was destroying their ship:

He was running from You.

He told them to throw him overboard
and You would stop the storm.

They threw him into the towering waves
and immediately You calmed the sea.

Result?

They were terrified.
They had just discovered the one true God

who was willing to unleash His unlimited power
to turn around one man headed in the wrong direction.

O LORD! Am I as perceptive as those sailors?

Am I able to discern

when You’re providing the wind at my back
or blowing it in my face?

Am I even paying that close attention?

Or when You unleash Your power

to encourage me
or stop me

do I shrug it off as mere coincidence?

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Deuteronomy 32:26-30; 1 Kings 3:10-14; Psalms 19:9-13; Psalms 119:124-125; Proverbs 3:21-24; Proverbs 14:6; Proverbs 17:10; Proverbs 28:11; Hosea 14:9; Philippians 1:9-11

What is Lazaroo?

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Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.