Imagine being so determined to disobey God that you would rather be thrown into a raging ocean in the middle of the sea than do what He told you to do. That is exactly where Jonah finds himself in this passage. Yet we will find that this story is not really about Jonah. It is about God, His character, and how He responds to us. I find this passage very encouraging and believe as we study it, you will too. Jonah