Selfless Service
“But the LORD said, “You have had pity on the plant for which you have not labored, nor made it grow, which came up in a night and perished in a night. And should I not pity Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred and twenty thousand persons who cannot discern between their right hand and their left—and much livestock?”” Jonah 4:10-11 NKJV http://bible.com/114/jon.4.10-11.nkjv The major conflict of interest in Jonah against absolute submission to the will of God is his misconception about the God of justice. In today's world, society, and institution with diverse culture, convictions, and conflict in correspondences, God's warning about any impending judgement is difficult to attract a uniform level of selfless service from men. From Jonah's perspective of his subjective interest, Nineveh's sin and wickedness attract nothing less than God's judgement, irrespective of the difficulty in his personal sacrifice to the 120,000 populatio...