Do it again.

It’s one of my favorite quotes. In his book, Orthodoxy, G.K. Chesterton wrote the following:

A child kicks its legs rhythmically through excess, not absence, of life. Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, “Do it again,” and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough… It is possible that God says every morning, “Do it again,” to the sun; and every evening, “Do it again,” to the moon. It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike: it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never got tired of making them. It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we.

Do it, again. Beautiful.

I’ve been preaching through the book of Jonah over the past several weeks in the Harvest service. If I were to be completely honest with you, I still feel pretty new to this full time preaching responsibility. I always approach the beginning of the week with apprehension. However, as the week progresses, I love letting the text preach to me and, from that, sharing with the community what I’ve found. There’s much to learn from our friend, Jonah.

I shared in last Sunday’s message that every day is an opportunity to awaken to the mercies God was placing in our path. How true, right? I love that Jonah, on the other side of his disobedience and surrender to God’s call, awoke to a people in need of the grace and mercy being made available to them through God’s mercy.

Question. Are we awake to the same mercy made available to us all today? Greater, are we extending the same love to those around us? God never grows weary of throwing down lavish abundance and mercy on a daily basis. Shouldn’t we do the same?