Jonah 3:1-10, Genesis 19:25, Hebrew 4:12

The people of Nineveh, from the greatest (their king) to the least of them, believed in Jonah's message.

The word of God is "active and sharper than any two-edged sword," as it stays in Hebrew 4:12. This means it can change the direction of a person's life and even nations, as we see here in Jonah chapter 3, where the nation of Nineveh repented. The people believed in Jonah's message sent by God to them, and the Lord saved them. He relented from the harm and destruction he was going to bring to them.

When we allow God to use us to deliver a message to someone, it is not our words that change that person, but God's substance and active word that can change that person. We are to speak His truth, for we never know who is actively listening, analyzing in their heart, and is determined to change. So, today, let us tell his truth, and He will do the rest of convicting people through his word.