“Then the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least of them.” Jonah 3:5
We are all familiar with the Story of Jonah, how God spoke to him, how he disobeyed, and the consequences that followed. He ended up doing what God commanded in the end; and Today’s Verse (which is Astounding!) is what happened as a result. This Enemy of Israel, this ungodly Pagan Nation, heard the Word of God and Repented! We’re also told, that when the King heard, “he arose from his throne, laid aside his robe from him, covered himself with sackcloth and sat on the ashes.” He then ordered his entire kingdom to do the same.
In God’s Amazing Providence, the State of Michigan has issued the following: “A resolution to declare September 24, 2020, as a Day of Prayer, Fasting, and Humiliation.” Much of it comes from President Lincoln including the petition “We humbly ask almighty God in accordance with His sovereignty to heal our land of calamities, division, anger, and strife;”.
Please join Michigan, and Nineveh of Old, as we Humble ourselves under the Mighty Hand of God and plead to Him for our Country’s Good!!!