The story of Jonah is not "Wayward Prophet Makes Good." God and Jonah are never on the same page. When God relents of the disaster He had announced for Nineveh, Jonah is incensed. He tells God he should have stayed at home. He accuses God of not following through on His word because of His unfounded compassion on the enemy.
In Jonah 4:1-3, we are treated to a great description of what running from God smells like:
*Lack of Compassion for all men
*Resentment of the way God does His business
*Understanding the character of God without rejoicing in it
*Preferring your own way to God's
*Discouragement and disgust with living
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