Jonah 1:17 reads, “Now the Lord provided a huge fish to swallow
Jonah…” The Hebrew word translated “provided” is mânâ meaning literally “appointed or ordained.” While certainly an
unpleasant experience, the provision of the “huge (great) fish” is evidence of
God’s compassionate pursuit and rescue of Jonah.
Jonah 2:1-9 records Jonah’s prayer from “inside
the fish” (2:1) Tullian Tchividjian in Surprised
by Grace describes Jonah’s prayer, as
a psalm, “some thirty brief lines of poetry… full of phrases and images that we
find also throughout the book of Psalms.” (Page 65) In these verses Jonah cries out to God in
repentance. Spend some time meditating on these verses. Does Jonah’s psalm
strike you as him genuinely repenting? Why or why not?
How is the relationship between repentance and
transformation (life-change) demonstrated in the following scriptures? List the
blessings of repentance revealed in these scriptures.
Proverbs 28:13--
Isaiah 30:15; 57:15; 59:2--
Jeremiah 15:19; 34:15--
Ezekiel 18:32--
Matthew 3:8--
Acts 2:38; 3:19; 11:18; 26:20--
2 Timothy 2:25-26
Revelation 2:5--
Read 2 Corinthians 7:8-13. What is the result of
godly sorrow?
Read Jonah 3:1. What was the result of Jonah’s calling
out to God?
In what ways is the Holy Spirit leading you to repent?
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