A Living Sacrifice in the Storm

Oct 12, 2025 • Rev. Eric Edison

📌 MAIN IDEA

Unforgiveness blinds us, drains us, and pushes us out of alignment with God — but when we surrender it, God uses us as living sacrifices so others can see Him through our storms.

📖 KEY SCRIPTURE

Jonah 1:1

“Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah…”

This verse anchors the message: God spoke, Jonah resisted, and unforgiveness drove him into a storm designed not to destroy him, but to reveal God through him.

🔥 THREE MAIN POINTS

1. Unforgiveness Distorts Your Identity and Direction

Jonah wasn’t running from Nineveh — he was running from his own heart.

Unforgiveness makes us forget who we are, forget who God is, and forget that obedience is our reasonable service.

2. Unforgiveness Makes You Miss the Assignment and the Blessing

Jonah slept through the party on the ship because he was exhausted from running.

When we hold grudges, we hide, isolate, and miss opportunities for God to use us.

3. God Uses the Storm to Expose You as a Living Sacrifice

The storm wasn’t about Jonah — it was about the sailors.

God placed Jonah in the storm so others could see faith in action and move from belief to true faith.

When we surrender unforgiveness, God uses our lives to reveal His power.