Jonah: A Fishy Timeout

Ron Burcham | September 24, 2023

Jonah has been in timeout for three days in the belly of the great big fish. We can only imagine what is going through his head and heart during those days. They must have felt like an eternity. As those days are coming to an end, Jonah prays to God a prayer of thanksgiving. In this prayer, we catch a glimpse of what God’s grace has been doing inside of Jonah. The movement of this prayer is beautiful and hopeful. It acknowledges where we are without God, and the light that God speaks into our lives. What we see in this prayer is that God was at work in that timeout, graciously shaping the faith of Jonah. For Jonah, God’s grace had never been so personal and real as at that moment.

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