Getting Out of a Fishy Situation
Sermon Date:
June 6, 2010
Scripture:
Jonah 2
Speaker: Dr. Donald McKay
Jonah 2: “Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the fish’s belly. And he said: ‘I cried out to the LORD because of my affliction, And He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried, And You heard my voice. For You cast me into the deep, Into the heart of the seas, And the floods surrounded me; All Your billows and Your waves passed over me. Then I said, I have been cast out of Your sight; Yet I will look again toward Your holy temple. The waters surrounded me, even to my soul; The deep closed around me; Weeds were wrapped around my head. I went down to the moorings of the mountains; The earth with its bars closed behind me forever; Yet You have brought up my life from the pit, O LORD, my God. When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD; And my prayer went up to You, Into Your holy temple. Those who regard worthless idols Forsake their own Mercy. But I will sacrifice to You With the voice...
In deep water literally speaking – that’s what Jonah found himself in because of his refusal to obey God. In deep water and in the belly of a great fish. Yet he was able to get out of that grim situation and in this sermon we see how!