‘My Lord, let Your will be done.’

The will of God was for the disobedient prophet Jonah

to be thrown into the sea (Jonah 1:12).

God had already prepared a great fish for this purpose (v. 17).

However, the pagan sailors, in their unbelief,

tried to save Jonah by rowing hard to bring the ship back to land (v. 13).

As they did so, the sea, which had been growing increasingly tempestuous (v. 11),

became even more violent, making it impossible for the sailors

to turn the ship back to land (v. 13).

These sailors could not prevail against God.

Their desire to turn the ship to land,

in opposition to God's will to cast Jonah into the sea, clashed.

Eventually, after acknowledging,

"The Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land,

does not wish us to perish for his sake" (v. 14),

the sailors threw Jonah into the sea according to God's will (vv. 14-15).

“My Jesus, as Thou wilt!  All shall be well for me;

Each changing future scene I gladly trust with Thee.

Straight to my home above I travel calmly on;

And sing, in life or death, My Lord, Thy will be done.  Amen.”

(Hymn “My Jesus, as Thou Wilt”, verse 3)