Jonah's Storm (2 of 6)
Series: God's Disobedient Prophet
Richard A. Bradley
Jonah 1:10-17
Jonah 1:10-17
10 Then the men were exceedingly afraid, and said to him, ''Why have you done this?'' For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them.
11 Then they said to him, ''What shall we do to you that the sea may be calm for us?'' - for the sea was growing more tempestuous.
12 And he said to them, ''Pick me up and throw me into the sea; then the sea will become calm for you. For I know that this great tempest is because of me.''
13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to return to land, but they could not, for the sea continued to grow more tempestuous against them.
14 Therefore they cried out to the Lord and said, ''We pray, O Lord, please do not let us perish for this man's life, and do not charge us with innocent blood; for You, O Lord, have done as it pleased You.''
15 So they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging.
16 Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice to the Lord and took vows.
17 Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
You remember the story. God told Jonah to go and preach a message of repentance in Nineveh. His assignment so upset Jonah that he ran in the opposite direction. He booked passage on a ship bound for Tarshish. Unfortunately for Jonah and everyone else on the ship It didn't take God long to catch up.
Jonah's storm was no mere chance occurrence. This was no random storm on the Mediterranean Sea. Jonah's storm was sent by God to arrest His disobedient prophet. The storms of life come and go. Sometimes we know why they happen and sometimes we don't. In Jonah's case it's pretty clear why things turned out as they did.
Look at some of the details of this storm and see how we can avoid our own.
JONAH'S STORM HAD A PURPOSE ...
Series: God's Disobedient Prophet
Richard A. Bradley
Jonah 1:10-17
Jonah 1:10-17
10 Then the men were exceedingly afraid, and said to him, ''Why have you done this?'' For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them.
11 Then they said to him, ''What shall we do to you that the sea may be calm for us?'' - for the sea was growing more tempestuous.
12 And he said to them, ''Pick me up and throw me into the sea; then the sea will become calm for you. For I know that this great tempest is because of me.''
13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to return to land, but they could not, for the sea continued to grow more tempestuous against them.
14 Therefore they cried out to the Lord and said, ''We pray, O Lord, please do not let us perish for this man's life, and do not charge us with innocent blood; for You, O Lord, have done as it pleased You.''
15 So they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging.
16 Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice to the Lord and took vows.
17 Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
You remember the story. God told Jonah to go and preach a message of repentance in Nineveh. His assignment so upset Jonah that he ran in the opposite direction. He booked passage on a ship bound for Tarshish. Unfortunately for Jonah and everyone else on the ship It didn't take God long to catch up.
Jonah's storm was no mere chance occurrence. This was no random storm on the Mediterranean Sea. Jonah's storm was sent by God to arrest His disobedient prophet. The storms of life come and go. Sometimes we know why they happen and sometimes we don't. In Jonah's case it's pretty clear why things turned out as they did.
Look at some of the details of this storm and see how we can avoid our own.
JONAH'S STORM HAD A PURPOSE ...
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