The Church Called Jonah

  # 10 - The Interrogation Jonah 1:7 – “And they said to one another, ‘Come, let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this trouble has come upon us.’”   And they said to one another This was a team problem – not just a problem faced by one of the sailors; and for a team problem, there needs to be a team solution. Very often when there’s a team problem, the team tends to look up to one or two people (Pastor, Coach, Manager, Boss etc) to solve the problem. But it’s usually the effort of the entire team that helps solve a team problem. Isn’t it interesting that the verse doesn’t say, “And the Captain said…” It says, “They said to one another,” meaning that the entire team was involved in trying to resolve the crisis they were in. The world is facing a crisis at the moment – a crisis that’s more than a health and financial crisis. It’s one that’s affecting almost every area of our lives. It isn’t just one country or a few countries that are facing thi...

  # 9 - The Awakening   Jonah 1:6 – “ So the captain came to him, and said to him, “What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your G od; perhaps your God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”   So the captain came to him, and said to him A Rude Awakening When the news of Jonah sleeping got to the captain’s ears, he came down himself to meet Jonah. One of the worst things that can happen to someone who’s sound asleep is for someone to awaken them with a loud voice and in anger. It disorients a person and it takes time for the person to realise what’s happening as he transitions from that blissful world into the world of reality. One can imagine Jonah’s thoughts and feelings when he’s awoken out of his slumber. I’m sure the Captain must have been amazed at the ability of Jonah to sleep amidst such a terrible tempest. It must have also infuriated him that while he and his team of sailors are battling to save the ship and their lives, that there’s a man ...