
Jonah 1:1-17
👉 Jonah’s Assignment
- arise
- go to Nineveh
- call out against that city
👉 Jonah’s Actions
- rose
- went to Joppa
- got on a ship bound for Tarshish
- paid the fair
- went down into the ship
I often wake up my kids by saying, “Rise and shine.” And they often reply with, “I’ll rise but I’m not shining.” That’s what I thought of when I read this chapter.
“I’ll arise, but I’m not going to Ninevah.”
The ignorance that makes us think we can outsmart or outrun God.
👉 Disobedience is always a downward spiral.
- went down to Joppa
- went down into the ship
- had gone down into the inner ship
👉 Hurled
- the Lord hurled a great wind
- they hurled the cargo
- they hurled him into the sea
👉 What Jonah requested – Death
“Hurl me into the sea.”
👉 What Jonah received – Deliverance
“The Lord provided a great fish.”
Aren’t we glad the Lord doesn’t always give us what we think we want or need?!
👉 The storm and the fish were sent by God to save Jonah from himself and his own disobedience and to bring him back to the Lord.