Jonah is determined to run away from God’s commandment, but God is infinitely more determined that he is going to obey. He went down to the seaport town of Joppa in an effort to flee to Tarshish—the most remote spot available to him. Jonah could have been stopped at any point on his journey to Joppa, but God allowed him to book passage on the ship headed for Tarshish.
Jonah enters the hold of the ship and falls asleep, While he is sleeping, God arranges the ship to experience a huge storm—so severe in fact that the sailors are scared to death and the captain wakes Jonah up and admonishes him to pray to his God!
It is interesting to note how many times the Bible speaks of someone going down somewhere—anywhere—when they are out of the will of God. “Down to Egypt” is mentioned several times. Samson went down to Timnath, Saul went down to see a medium at Endor, David went down to Gath etc. Today most of the Men & woman run from God with variety of reasons: fear, fame, fortune, failure, and sometimes just plain foolishness—but never faith!
Are you sure that you are running towards the will of God?
