Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,
“Then Jonah prayed.”
They had asked him to pray in the storm. If he did, we do not know. The Bible is very clear that we do not have a record of every word of the conversation between Jonah and the men in the boat.
Jonah was in flight away from God. He was opposed to the will of God.[1] He was apathetic to the danger the men in the ship were in on account of his sin. He was further apathetic about whether he lived or died. Mind you, he never jumped out of the ship or volunteered to do so. If he was the trouble and if removing him would solve their problem, they would have to take the action. He wasn’t going to do it for them.
But in the belly of the fish, Jonah prayed. For the first time in the whole account, so far as we can see, he was in his right mind. In the belly of the whale, Jonah was finally in his right mind.
No matter where we’ve been. No matter how far down our sins have taken us, it is possible to come to a right mind. And pray.
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The Turning Point: Finding Clarity in the Belly of the Fish
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