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Intro:
2:1 A glimmer of hope.
Jonah prayed to the Lord.
At last there is relief.
Maybe he finally has come to his senses.
But could it also be foreshadowing something inside Jonah?
He only goes/responds to God on his own terms?
Contrast to 1:1, God goes to Him.
God brings the storm to him.
God brings the fish to him.
But here, Jonah goes to the Lord for the first time we read in this narrative.
So it is a hopeful passage, but yet it makes us question his motive.
In fact, the prayer itself is interesting in and of itself as well.
Why now?
Perhaps he finally is broken.
Yet, for those who know the story, we know we are left at a cliffhanger.
But so we don’t spoil it.
This could be foreshadowing Jonah wanting it his way.
But still it cannot be denied, Jonah is realizing that God’s providence will happen.
He has been running, but still he never gets to where he wants to go.
He charted a course for Tarshish and yet, here he is, in a fish!
Perhaps he is coming to terms with the sovereignty of God and he humbles himself and calls out to God.
Now his prayer almost seems at odds with humility though.
God is in control, yes!
And after 3 days in the belly of a fish, he is surrendering to it and yet…his words are of great interest.
It is almost as if he has given up.
There is a lot of me focus as well.
23 times his focus in on himself and 15 times directly or indirectly referencing God.
Or perhaps the name it and claim it folks will twist this prayer of Jonah.
The initiator is Jonah in the prayer.
The reactor is God.
Perhaps
vs 2- Jonah calls to God and He answers.
But how did He answer Jonah?
Jonah cried out for help and God heard his voice.
How?
vs 3-4: God threw him and the breakers covered him.
God banished.
(Yet Jonah will look again on the temple.)
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6: Foretelling?
He will be lifted up.
8: Referring to the Israelites worshipping vain idols?
Could it also be a reflection on the pagan seamen?
Or perhaps foretelling of the Ninevites?
9: Now he says he will fulfill his vow.
What vow would that be?
To be the spokesman of God?
Is there hesitation?
We do not really know the answer to that.
Could it be that this is a negotiation with God? Could the vow refer to vs 2:2 or maybe the first part of vs 9.
Salvation belongs to the Lord- He knows God will save as He and whosoever He chooses.
Jonah is not to disobey, salvation is not in his hands to withhold, but he is obligated to obey God.
10: Lord gives command and the fish obeys.
Another inclusio and chiastic structure.
2:10 closes off 1:17
1:17 - God commands fish and fish obeys eating up Jonah.
2:1-2 - Call of distress to the Lord.
Call for help and was heard
2:2
2:3 - Waves were overcoming him
2:4 - Banished from God’s sight, but he will see His temple
2:5 Water up to the neck, life is fading.
2:6 - Sank to the lowest part.
God does the saving!
2:7 - Life was fading, Remember the Lord and His temple
2:8 - Idol worship is adulterous
2:9 - Call of thanksgiving.
Heard the call and will fulfill his vow Salvation belongs to the Lord
2:10 - God gives command and fish obeys throwing up Jonah.
Prayer of Jonah seems to be a prayer of thanksgiving for his deliverance from drowning and not a punishment for him to be in a fish
<Further elaborate on parallel with prayer in chapter 4>
Intro:
On May 23, 1939, the submarine Squalus, a five-million-dollar vessel, sank off Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
The famed McCann rescue bell was used for the first time.
Through this bell-shaped valve, men were able to reach and to rescue the thirty-three men trapped inside.
When the rescue squad reached the stricken submarine, they tapped with metal on the hull in an effort to locate the sailors.
The imprisoned men, answering in similar fashion, asked in the language of the Morse code, “Is there any hope?”
Jonah is a fascinating story that we tell our children, it is a story that excites us, angers us, disappoints us, and brings us to just worship God.
But it is also a story that is very much about hope.
A hope that can be found.
A hope that can be found in God alone.
At this point in the story, we may be wondering, is there any hope for Jonah.
Is there any hope for the people God is seeking to save.
And so far what we have seen is that there is.
Despite the sinful efforts of Jonah, God is gracious and merciful and patient with Jonah.
Maybe you are now reminiscing on how patient and gracious and merciful God is with you.
And it is because of God’s mercy and grace in the giving of His son and the faith He grants to us so that we may repent from our sins and believe in Him that we can have joy.
That we now have this desire to please Him and worship Him!
Jonah is reminded of this fact that salvation comes from the Lord and he is humbled.
He also remembers God’s goodness.
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As we look into Jonah’s prayer, a good question to ask is what is the motivation of the prayer?
Throughout this whole narrative, Jonah has not once prayed to the Lord.
In fact, it could be that the time when Jonah prayed to the Lord was when he had initially received the commission from God to go to the Ninevites.
In fact Jonah has been in the belly of the great fish now for three days and three nights.
And so this is no small thing.
It is rather significant that Jonah prays, that Jonah offers up this psalm to the Lord!
One can imagine that people who have hit rock bottom will reach out to God in a moment of desperation, we do the same don’t we?
And you have to think, well how much worse could it really get for Jonah.
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