Jonah 4: 1-11 Jonah's Displeasure Rebuked:

The word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time saying, "Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and proclaim to it the proclamation which I am going to tell you." Then Jonah cried out, "Yet forty days and Nineveh will be overthrown." The people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least of them. This greatly displeased Jonah and he became angry. He went out from the city and made a shelter and sat under it until he could see what happened in the city. When the sun came up, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah's head so that he became faint and begged with all his soul to die. The Lord said, "You had compassion on the shelter which perished overnight. Should I not have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know the difference between right and left hand, as well as many animals?"

This is one of the Old Testament illustrations on God's concern for all persons, not only the Jews.
In the New Testament, Jesus echoes the same sentiment when he says that he has other sheep that he also tends. He was the Good Shepherd to the House of Israel, but he was also the one who left the ninety-nine to seek the one lost sheep. This is why he is called the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords, instead of the King of Israel. God's own compassion along with his grace are the grounds for the Christian faith and our hope for forgiveness of our sins and eternal life.

Daily Prayer: Father, I thank you that you do not remember our sins or count them against us.
Instead, you work all things together for good for those who love you and are called by you.
Let us be ones to tell others of your saving grace so that we can continue the work of Jesus in our own lives. In Jesus name I pray Amen.