HIS WILL IN THE WIND

Text – Jonah 1:4
“But the Lord sent out a great wind into the sea, and
there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be
broken”

Introduction- One of the great mysteries of the morning is that it’s the
time of life when men present themselves before the Lord, for the
scriptures says about Elkanah, Hannah’s husband that they rose early in
the morning and worshiped the Lord, it’s significant because the morning
sets the tone for the day, if your morning is moody certainly you will
have events in the day that will make you moody, and the enemy knows much
about this so he attacks us first in the morning, for if he wins us in the
morning then he will certainly win us in the day, he that is defeated in
the morning is defeated in the day, when last did you rise in the morning
to worship, to draw strength from the throne and face the issues of the
day, whoever you are, do not just get up and rush out in the morning, just
have a break as soon as you are up from the bed and wash your face with
the bath of praise, brush your mouth with the scent of prayer and wash
your body with a thorough bath and cleansing of the word, as the Lord said
to Moses ‘And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto
mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount’. (Ex
34:2) The Lord is saying to you be ready every morning and come up, for
except you are ready in the morning you will not go up in the day, as you
see each morning in your life be sure that you present yourself to the
Lord, for when you present yourself to the Lord in the morning you carry
His presence throughout the day, great success and victory are functions
of His presence, when you carry His presence no other presence would be
able to stand before you, as He said to Joshua ‘As I was with Moses so I
will be with you, and no man shall be able to stand before you’ .(Jos.
1:5) whatever that has stood against you all this years and months by the
reason of His presence they shall no longer have such strength to stand
before you in Jesus Name.

From our text this morning we have the story of a man sent out by

the Lord to go and preach to a city but he objected, and choose to
walk away from the presence of the Lord and not do that which the
Lord has asked him to do, what are you objecting from the Lord,
Jonah forgot the Omnipresence of God, that He is everywhere and sees
all men alike, it doesn’t really matter where you are, the Lord
knows you and He sees you, most times what the Lord is asking you to
do may not be wise in your own mind, but the truth is no man in his
natural sense has ever found wisdom in anything that God says, they
appear foolish, that’s why I keep saying that if what God wants you
do is foolish to you, please do it foolishly, Jonah flee, I’m really
keen about this word FLEE, because each day we find young men
leaving undone what they ought to do, they run away from
responsibility, not knowing that a man without responsibility is
irresponsible, when God gives you a responsibility it’s for you to
respond to His abilities in you, don’t run like Jonah, for when you
run, you will have God and all of creation to contend with, are you
sure that the things going wrong now in your life are not as a
result of your disobedience, the Lord may have asked you to give but
you are trying to shift it, and things are getting so tight with
your finances, for the scripture says ‘But the Lord sent out a
great wind into the sea…, where is the wind in your life, others may
be going through hard times just because one single man has refused
to obey the Lord, when the Lord says ‘flee fornication…’ and you
refuse, you are not just making your destiny impossible, you are
also making the destinies of men who are connected to you
impossible, Jonah caused his wind, for if he had obeyed there would
be no wind against him and the people with him, you might just be
setting a great wind against your life, and even if the enemy is
trying to set up the wind against you and make the sea rough in any
area of your life, I bring you a word, His will is in the Wind, the
wind will end up fulfilling His word over you, for He says in Psalm
148:8 ‘… stormy wind fulfilling His word’, whatever the wind in your
life I see it fulfilling God’s word in your life, Amen. If the wind
is so strong in your life just cry out like Jonah and be obedient
for no man wins the Lord, the issues of life will win you, the wind
will win you, but if you return to the Lord this day like Jonah
returned I assure you of a great restoration of everything the wind
and Katrina of life destroyed in your life. Whatever is causing the
wind whether you or the devil just know that His will is in the
Wind. You have a great day and I pray that every wind in your life
making it hard for you to sail receive the calmness of God.

Sam Nmeholam
International Campus Crusades for Christ.
Ukraine