"I've been a Christian my whole life," is a phrase a lot of us have found ourselves saying. The problem is, that's not how being a Christian works. In Jonah's story, though he grew up around God's people and could recite God's Word eloquently, his heart was far from Him. Jonah's actions, especially in chapter 1 of his story, prove that the only way to be a follower of God is to actually trust Him. Anything short of that isn't the real thing.