Jonah and the Whale: Lesson Two

Running from God always takes you down.

Jonah went down to Joppa, paid the fare, and went down into the ship. Every step away from God was a step down.

Jonah 1:3 (KJV): But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.

The LORD sent a great wind into the sea. The storm came from God.

Jonah 1:4 (KJV): But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.

While everyone else was afraid, Jonah went down into the sides of the ship and fell fast asleep.

Jonah 1:5 (KJV): Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.

God corrects the ones He loves. He was not done with Jonah.

Hebrews 12:6 (KJV): For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

Scripture References: Jonah 1:3 Jonah 1:4 Jonah 1:5 Hebrews 12:6