In this sermon, we looked at Jonah 2 and were reminded that God meets us even in the depths of our distress. We saw how Jonah's prayer from the belly of the fish reveals that salvation often begins when we stop running, let go of control, and honestly cry out to the Lord. What Jonah initially experienced as punishment, he came to recognize as God's mercy—using desperation to expose his helplessness and draw him back into relationship. As Jonah remembered who God truly is—powerful, holy, kind, and attentive—his heart began to move from self-reliance toward surrender. We also saw how Jesus points to Jonah's story as a foreshadowing of the Gospel. The good news of redemption is that God is still rescuing people today, not because they have their lives together, but because they call on the name of the Lord and discover that salvation belongs to Him.
