Jonah Ran Away from God and tried to Escape God’s will.
God sends a Storm into his life to get his Attention.
But God is Not Finished with him yet.
The Great Fish teaches us 2 Great Truths:
1. How Serious God is about Sin.
This was a Miracle. The story of Jonah, is a Type of Jesus Christ.
a. Sin has Consequences.
God cannot be Mocked. What we Sow, we Reap.
b. God wants to Fumigate our Sin.
The storm helped Jonah to stop Running from God
The great fish helped Jonah to start Thinking about God
2. How Great God’s Grace is.
God’s chastening does Not mean that God is Trying to get Even.
Rather it shows us that God Loves us.
After we have worked all our lives, when we come to the end of life all that is left is God.
Jonah exercised a Decision to change Direction, to Consciously and Willing follow the Lord.
Jonah’s Experience is very Contemporary.
In Jonah’s experience we see the Concern of God for the World.
1. The Situation from Jonah’s Perspective?
· Jonah has been a Successful prophet. He was able to Hear the Voice of God.
· Jonah’s problem was Not that he did Not Hear God’s voice,
Jonah’s problem was What he Heard he did Not Like.
Jonah’s Perspective:
a. Those people were Not his Kind of People.
b. This was Inconvenient.
c. This was Risky.
2. The Situation from God’s Perspective?
· God had a Totally Different perspective.
· Instead God looks at Nineveh and sees their Real Need.
· What we need to do is See God’s Perspective and
· Have Our perspectives Subservient to God’s perspectives.
Men have been looking so hard at the great fish,
that they have failed to see the great God.
(G.Campbell Morgan)