We become too self - centered. The prophet Jonah had a problem with Jehovah’s merciful decision regarding Nineveh.
هَلْ نُرَكِّزُ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ ٱللَّازِمِ عَلَى أَنْفُسِنَا بِحَيْثُ ‹ نَحْنَقُ عَلَى يَهْوَهَ › ظَنًّا مِنَّا أَنَّ ٱلنِّهَايَةَ تَأَخَّرَتْ ؟‏