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Most everyone is familiar with John 3:16: For God so loved the world He gave His only begotten son that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have ever lasting life. Verse 17: For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. So, in a nutshell, this is the whole will of God. We are to do the will of God having this objective in mind, that being not willing that any should perish. We don’t have to want to do it but we must do it. Jonah is an example of a man that wanted people to perish. The people of Ninevah deserved the judgment of God; why they were so wicked they deserved hell and there was no way Jonah wanted God to have mercy on such a wretched lot. But through some not so friendly persuasion God got his attention and Jonah presented the message of salvation to those despicable people. And after having saved the city from certain destruction, Jonah wanted to die. There is a tendency to think all Christians are nice loving people. Jonah reluctantly did what God wanted him to do. Our lesson is knowing that doing what He wants is not always pleasing to us. Everything was created by Him and for His pleasure. We should do things for Christ’s sake and not for our own reasons. Obedience is better than the sacrifices we make in order to please God in other things. Somehow we think we can please Him with works and that will pacify Him and thereby let us skip the dirty work of the fisherman.