Disobedience — Nothing but a Waste of Time! Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: Disobedience — Nothing but a Waste of Time!-------------------------- Date: 4/4/2001 Keyword: "repeat" "waste of time" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. For the first several days of April 2001, the eXXit studies will zero in on the experiences of the Old Testament prophet, Jonah. Hope you enjoy and find these studies helpful as you seek to stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: Jonah 2:10-3:3* 10. Then the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah up onto the dry land. 1. Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying, 2. "Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and proclaim to it the proclamation which I am going to tell you." 3. So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three days' walk. Questions 1. What did God tell Jonah to do in the first chapter?   2. What did God tell Jonah to do in the third chapter?   Practical help I wonder what went through Jonah’s mind as he walked from the shore of the Mediterranean to Nineveh. Among his thoughts, I’ll bet was this one: "I would have been better off doing what God commanded in the first place. All I’ve done has been to waste time and energy by living in rebellion." Jonah’s eventual trip to Nineveh illustrates that our every attempt to find life in Tarshish (the place to which Jonah was fleeing) is, at best, nothing but a monumental waste of time. Think back to your experiences with porn. No matter how long you feed that lust, you are still sensing the call of God to lead a God-honoring, porn-free life, aren’t you? Every day that you live controlled by the mouse is one more day wasted with respect to fulfilling that vision — a vision that will not go away, because it is God’s vision for you. Let Jonah’s poor example serve as your guide. Stop wasting time! eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 2001 by eXXit *"Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, © Copyright The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by permission."