You Can't Mess with My God.

I am currently reading the book of Jonah. Actually I just finished it. I have to say that that is truly one of my favorite books in the Bible. Here's Jonah, a guy who God specifically told "Go to Nineveh." And Jonah essentially laughed in the Lord's face and said "They'll never listen to me. The people of Nineveh are hopeless and will never hear my word or listen to me." So Jonah is on a ship, and the weather all of the sudden gets really bad and the ship "threatens to break up" and Jonah is suddenly convicted that it's his fault because he was running from God, and tells his ship mates to throw him it because that's the only way to calm it. They're like "yeah right, we aren't about to through a friend overboard." and they tried everything they could to secure themselves, but were only left with one option: throwing Jonah overboard. And so they did. And I LOVE how in Jonah 1:17 it says
"But the LORD provided a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish three days and three nights." God PROVIDED a big fish to eat him. Not punished Jonah, he provided a great fish to protect him, and that taught Jonah a huge lesson. Jonah basically cried uncle, and God allowed the fish to puke him up. He was so desperate and sitting inside the stomach of a fish. I don't know what you think, but to me that the stomach of a fish sounds disgusting. And so does being puked up. I bet it was hard. God did it, and he did it because someone was not following His will. And He loved Jonah so much that He provided a way out of that mess.
So God told Jonah again: " Go to Nineveh." And any monkey, after that experience, would go. You don't mess with God. So he went, preached, they rejected like he predicted, and he said "See God! They're ridiculous." And Jonah was angry that this had happen. He was ticked off. He said he knows God is "gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity."(4:2) and he asked that God take his life.
And God said to him "Excuse me... Who told you you could be angry about this."
And this is my translation, but it seems like when Jonah went and made himself shelter, he was pouting and sulking because God didn't take his life like he wanted. Jonah didn't want this turmoil. But God had the right to send it. And instead of explaining the rest, I'm just going to copy and paste, because I believe the word of God is that powerful, that you will get the picture. And I believe the book ended like this for a reason.
God is all powerful, amazing, and knew us from before the world began. Who are we to be angry and frustrated at his will for things. Bottom line: Do what He says, and shut up.
Jonah 4 starting in verse 5:
"5.Jonah went out and sat down at a place east of the city. There he made himself a shelter, sat in its shade and waited to see what would happen to the city. 6 Then the LORD God provided a vine and made it grow up over Jonah to give shade for his head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was very happy about the vine. 7 But at dawn the next day God provided a worm, which chewed the vine so that it withered. 8 When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind, and the sun blazed on Jonah's head so that he grew faint. He wanted to die, and said, "It would be better for me to die than to live."
9 But God said to Jonah, "Do you have a right to be angry about the vine?"
"I do," he said. "I am angry enough to die."
10 But the LORD said, "You have been concerned about this vine, though you did not tend it or make it grow. It sprang up overnight and died overnight. 11 But Nineveh has more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well. Should I not be concerned about that gre
at city?'"


PS. Notice how many times it says the word "provided" even when talking about things that seem unfortunate.

I love you God and you provide every circumstance in life.