Jonah's Disobedience of the Lord
Jonah fleeing from
the Lord brought immediate danger on those around him. But there was some good.
The sailors may have had other gods prior, but realizing the power of Jonah’s
God, vowed afterwards to worship Him. Jonah was saved from and later went on to
convert the entire city of
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Jonah’s Disobedience of The Lord Jonah “Arise, go to Out cry against it, “for their wickedness has come up before
Me.” Arrived in Joppa and found a ship by the sea He paid for passage to Tarshish then the winds grew Stormy winds that scared the entire crew Dangerous were these winds so to their gods they prayed Into the lowest parts of the ship Jonah slept where he laid So the captain came and said to him, “What do you mean, sleeper? Our ship need your prays, then they cast lots with each other By the draw Jonah lost and suggested to the crew Everyone must pick him up and throw him overboard they must do Deciding no they rowed with greater fuss In vain they tried, the sea got more tempestuous Everything failed so begging forgiveness of the Lord No one dissented this time, they threw Jonah overboard Calm came to the raging sea immediately Everything ceased Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly Our LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah up For three days and three nights Jonah didn’t have sup There he repented from inside the fish’s belly He prayed forgiveness to the Lord that he hid disobediently Expelled from the stomach, the fish vomited him on dry land Lord, he said I’ll do as you command Overtime all men, king and pauper turned from the evil way Repented and God relented and answered their pray Disaster would have come to this city if they didn’t submit God would have destroyed
them but He no longer had to do it. |
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