Great salvation in great crisis

God commanded Jonah to arise and go to Nineveh “the great city” and cry against it (Jon. 1:2).

But Jonah disobeyed.  Therefore, God threw “a great wind” on the sea

and there was “a great storm” on the sea (v. 4).

It was a great crisis that the ship that Jonah went aboard was about to break up (v. 4).

But God prepared “a great fish” for Jonah (v. 17).

Although Jonah disobeyed God’s command (vv. 1, 3),

the great fish obeyed God’s command and vomited Jonah up onto the dry land (2:10).

Although God allowed disobedient Jonah, who was worse the obedient great fish,

to go through the great crisis,

God also delivered him from that great crisis by preparing the great fish to swallow him.

Like this, even though God gives us, who are disobedient to His command,

great crisis and adversity, He also gives us great salvation.