The God of Second Chance… and Many Chances

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Jonah 3:1-2 “Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time: Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.”

Our God is a God of second chances… and third and fourth and many chances! Here, after rejecting the Lord’s command to go to Nineveh, the prophet Jonah was given by the Lord a second chance to do His will. What an awesome merciful and gracious God we serve!

Apart from the prophet Jonah, there are numerous individuals in the Bible who were granted multiple chances. Abraham, despite attempting to fulfill the promise of having a son through his own means with Hagar, experienced God’s faithfulness. Moses, thinking he had irreversibly erred, retreated to a life as a shepherd in Midian, only to discover that God still had a purpose for him. Despite Samson’s repeated failures, even in death, God remained faithful, restoring his strength one last time. The stories of David, Peter, and the woman caught in adultery also exemplify individuals who encountered God as the giver of second and multiple chances.