Down the Rabbit Hole

Nahum had the responsibility of delivering the bad news to Israel that they had strayed off the path. A closer examination establishes for us two truths: God wants a relationship and the dangers of the spin cycle. Nineveh, in dramatic fashion, came to believe in God and judgment was averted. There was a moment of belief; a moment of faith. While Jonah was moping around under a tree he did not plant or grow, Nineveh was slowly reverting back to their former ways. Jonah shared the minimum. The Ninevites apparently didn’t know about submission and lordship. They did not, possibly, understand the need to be active in relationship to God. Nineveh returned to her former self and is regarded as ones “who oppose Him [God]”. (Nahum 1:2) They are further described as “scheming against the Lord”. (1.9) Nahum further admonished Nineveh for their trust in wealth. How could they have fallen so far? There was a time when they believed. The king sat in sackcloth and ashes confessing and repenting. Where did it all go wrong? How did they get off of the straight and narrow of relational faith into the spin cycle of rebellion and religious faith?

We who have believed, who have confessed and repented, who have placed faith are often no different. We, too, had a moment with God but were without development. We knew not the dangers of denial, passivity, and religious faith. The devil has sent us on a seemingly endless detour. We are spinning out of control and need to get back on the straight and narrow path of relational faith.

Take the red pill for it will simply show you the truth of life on a straight line; life without the dizzying effects of the spin cycle.