“ ‘But I, with a song of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to You. What I have vowed I will make good. Salvation comes from The Lord.’ And The Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.” (AND) “ ‘Let everyone call urgently on God. Let them give up their evil ways and their violence. Who knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from His fierce anger so that we will not perish.’ When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, He had compassion and did not bring upon them the destruction He had threatened.” Jonah 2:9-10 & 3:8-10 (NIV)
After the prophet Jonah prayed and repented in the belly of the great fish, God commanded the fish to vomit Jonah up on dry land. Jonah went to Nineveh and told them that God was going to destroy them in forty days because of their sinful ways. (Jonah 3:4) They believed, repented, and turned from their evil ways, and God spared them.
Because of God’s goodness and mercy, we do not always get the punishment that we deserve for our sins. This is especially true when we pray, ask for forgiveness, repent, turn from our sinful ways, and seek His face.
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