In reality, we are like Jonah, even less than a worm.

The Lord, who used unbelieving sailors as instruments,

commanded them to throw Jonah into the depths of the sea

and had already prepared a great fish to swallow him

(Jonah 1:13-15, 17; 2:3).

And the Lord made Jonah cry out to Him

from the belly of the great fish for three days and nights (1:17),

ultimately leading him to confess, 'Salvation comes from the Lord' (v. 9).

Only then did the Lord command the great fish

to vomit Jonah onto dry land (v. 10).

While the great fish obeyed the Creator's command,

foolish prophet Jonah disobeyed the Lord's command.

The first verse of the hymn “Alas! And Did my Saviour Bleed” goes:

“Alas! and did my Savior bleed, And did my Sovereign die?

Would He devote that sacred head For such a worm as I?”

However, in reality, we are like Jonah, even less than a worm.

Yet the Lord has saved us. “Was it for crimes that I have done,

He suffered on the tree?  Amazing pity! grace unknown!

And love beyond degree!” (v. 2).