📖 Day 20: God’s Heart Revealed

Scripture:
“But the Lord said, ‘You have been concerned about this plant, though you did not tend it or make it grow… And should I not have concern for the great city of Nineveh?’” — Jonah 4:10–11

🌿 Reflection

God’s final words in the book of Jonah are not about Jonah.
They are about His heart.

Jonah grieves a plant —
a temporary comfort, a moment of shade, a symbol of his own needs.
But God grieves a city.

A city full of people who didn’t know right from wrong.
A city full of souls He created.
A city He longed to rescue, not destroy.

“Should I not be concerned?”
This is the question that echoes through the book.
Not a rebuke —
but an invitation.

God invites Jonah to see what He sees.
To care how He cares.
To expand the small borders of his heart so they can stretch toward compassion.

Where Jonah saw enemies,
God saw children.
Where Jonah saw wickedness,
God saw lostness.
Where Jonah wanted justice,
God longed for restoration.

This is the heart of God on full display:

A God who runs toward the rebellious,
forgives the repentant,
comforts the broken,
and patiently reshapes the stubborn.

Jonah’s story ends with a question —
because God wants the answer to be lived, not spoken.

And that question comes to us too:

Will you share God’s heart for others?
Even the difficult ones?
The undeserving ones?
The ones you don't understand?
The ones who hurt you?

This is the invitation to mercy, compassion, and a heart transformed.

📝 Journal Prompt

Who is God inviting you to see with new compassion?
Where is He stretching your heart beyond your comfort?

Write about someone, some place, or some situation where God may be asking you:
“Should I not be concerned?”