Jonah Wakes – Chantilly

Patrick Dennis – Sept 20

I. Jonah Could Not Save Himself

The Lord appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish:

I called to the Lord in my distress, and he answered me.

I cried out for help from deep inside Sheol; you heard my voice.

When you threw me into the depths, into the heart of the seas,

the current overcame me. All your breakers and your billows swept over me.

And I said, “I have been banished from your sight,

yet I will look once more toward your holy temple.”

The water engulfed me up to the neck; the watery depths overcame me;

seaweed was wrapped around my head.

I sank to the foundations of the mountains, the earth’s gates shut behind me forever!

Jonah 1:17–2:6 CSB

 

 

II. God Intervened to Save Him

Then you raised my life from the Pit, Lord my God!

As my life was fading away, I remembered the Lord,

and my prayer came to you, to your holy temple.

Those who cherish worthless idols abandon their faithful love,

Jonah 2:6-8

 

 

III. Jonah Responded with Thanksgiving and Surrender

but as for me, I will sacrifice to you with a voice of thanksgiving.

I will fulfill what I have vowed.

Salvation[e] belongs to the Lord.

Then the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.

Jonah 2:9-10

1. We cannot save ourselves.
2. God acted to save us.
3. Our response should be thanksgiving and surrender.