The Reflections of a Recovering Sinner, Part 2

There is very little debate that Jonathan Edwards was the greatest American theologian to have ever lived. His books are profound, his writings inspirational, and his sermons convicting and edifying.

Yet did you know that one of his most beloved works was not originally intended for a public audience? By the age of 19, Edwards had compiled a list of seventy resolutions which he read on a weekly basis to encourage him unto faithfulness in his walk with God. These resolutions remain an object of study not only because they are so edifying, but because of the man who wrote them.

Jonah 2 similarly contains four resolutions which Jonah made after he was delivered from a most difficult trial. Now because this is God’s word, we take them for more than just the good advice of a man of God (as we might Edward’s); rather we understand them to be nothing less than the covenant will of God for all struggling in a trial of faith.