📖 Day 17: When God Removes the Comfort

Scripture:
“But at dawn the next day God provided a worm, which chewed the plant so that it withered.” — Jonah 4:7

🌿 Reflection

Yesterday, Jonah was comforted.
Today, the comfort disappears.

The plant dies, and Jonah is exposed to the heat again.
It feels sharp, sudden, and unfair — especially to Jonah, who was already angry and exhausted.

But here is the important truth:

The God who gives the plant is the same God who takes it away —
not to harm Jonah, but to heal him.

God isn’t being cruel.
He is revealing Jonah’s heart.

Sometimes God uses the removal of comfort
to uncover what’s been buried beneath it:

• our attachments
• our entitlements
• our expectations
• our assumptions about what God should do

Jonah loved the plant more than the people.
He cherished the comfort more than the compassion God wanted to grow in him.

The worm exposes that truth.
Not to shame Jonah — but to help him see.

This moment invites us to reflect gently:

What do I cling to more than God’s heart for others?

Because sometimes the loss of a temporary comfort
is the beginning of a deeper transformation.

📝 Journal Prompt

Has God ever removed a comfort from your life — not to hurt you, but to reveal something or guide you?

Write about a moment when a loss became a window into your heart.