Jonah 2:10 (ESV)
“And “THE LORD SPOKE” to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.”
Every now and then I wake in the middle of the night and the ability to get back to sleep escapes me. Recently this occurred and the book of Jonah was on my mind. As I begin to read Jonah, the verse above stood out to me causing me to ponder deeply on it.
Most are familiar enough to understand that Jonah was running from the command of GOD to proclaim their shortcomings and neglect of GOD’s ways. Whether GOD “verbally” said something to “the fish” or not can be debated, but one thing is certain, GOD wanted Jonah to tell the people of Nineveh to hear GOD’s WORD and repent, drawing honor and Glory to HIS NAME! Although Jonah initially resisted, after his time inside the fish, he was expelled and OBEYED GOD, even though it was against his will.
People living inside of a fish doesn’t make a lot of sense? They are unable to move about and socialize inside of a fish and can have no sunshine. Remembering JESUS speaking about HIS future to the Scribes and Pharisees in Matthew 12:40, JESUS says “For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.” We are not able to fathom someone living in the “heart of the earth”! A scientific website says that the temperature at the core of the earth is 10,800 degrees Fahrenheit! Living inside of a great fish would be a lot easier to believe than living “in the heart of the earth” for three days and nights!!!
Believing “THE LORD SPOKE” creation into existence takes FAITH! Believing “THE LORD SPOKE” and a great fish vomited Jonah onto dry land takes FAITH! Believing “THE LORD SPOKE” and JESUS was raised from the tomb takes FAITH! As a matter of fact, without FAITH it is IMPOSSIBLE (Hebrews 11:6) to please GOD!!! “THE LORD SPOKE” can make UNBELIEVABLE things happen! But I Believe the unbelievable, especially when “THE LORD SPOKE”!!!!
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