Jonah II
“But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to You; what I have vowed I will pay. Salvation belongs to the Lord!” And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land. (Jonah 2:9,10 ESV)
Prayer
Say what you wish about the failures of Jonah… from disobeying God… fleeing to Tarshish… Hiding in the hold of the ship…
Jonah knew how to pray.
Down in the fish’s belly, He cried out to his only hope. He knew that salvation ONLY comes from God.
He did not try a Ouija board. He did not try applied physics. He did not try biology. He did not try holding his breath.
He immediately prayed to God.
And got vomited out of the fish.
This is not Jonah’s message alone. It is the message of Scripture. Prayer changes things only because God changes things. Prayer helps only because God helps. Prayer is effective only because God is effective.
Try praying first.