"Liquefaction" - 2

"I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings." (Psalms 77:12) So, after the fallout of all that, did we actually learn anything? It's really all about learning, don't you know? Oh, and about this title, liquefaction, "the process of making or becoming liquid;" that's pretty much the way I see 'Living Water' working in us. We must be changed from those that hate to those that love! All these times that I have read the book of Jonah, and I never realized that ending before; I never realized that it ended with God asking the question, "Shouldn't I feel sorry for such a great city?" Maybe because the KJV makes the question a little more drawn out, so you really don't get the main point of His question. We should want others to get the same mercy that we get! It should be our business to see that it happens; not the other way around; not like Jonah was feeling, making it his business to watch Nineveh get smitten. I like God's earlier question to Jonah, "Is it right for you to be angry about this?" Oh, this hearts my heart!!! Sometimes I feel like such a really bad person, not because of what I do, but because of all the things that I don't do. There are people all around us that live in spiritual darkness, not knowing what is good and what is right, because they cannot discern between the two. They are lost and cannot find their way; much the same as we were all lost at one time, not knowing the Way, the Truth, or the Life! James has such a way of putty things in their proper perspective, as he turns things into tangible items that we can really relate to. Not that Paul could not do that too, because he did on a few occasions; the "Armor of God" is one that sticks out, as he used it in more than one of his letters. Actually, when it comes to learning anything, it really not learned unless it makes a difference in our lives. It's like a small child that is told not to touch the fire, they really don't learn what that means, "Don't touch that," until they experience why they should not touch that. That's learning! So what is it that makes us not care? Personally, I think it might have something to do with envy or jealousy. I might be wrong, but does it not seem like we sometimes want to see the lost get destroyed, just to justify our own boring lives? That is exactly my point! We must, we have to, we absolutely need to be filled with the Holy Spirit! Our lives must be about our Father's business... "We are human, but we don't wage war as humans do. We use God's mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments. We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ. And after you have become fully obedient, we will punish everyone who remains disobedient." (2 Corinthians 10:3-6) NLT