Christian Devotional – October 21, 2023

Evangelism 101, Day 6

When do you pray? Read Jonah 1:17-2:1.

These two verses tell a very interesting story to me. We find out that Jonah has been swallowed by a huge fish and he is inside that fish for 3 days and 3 nights. The very next verse says that Jonah prayed.

I find this so interesting, because I wonder how many ways Jonah tried to free himself before he finally decided to pray? If he waited three days to start praying to God, that’so odd to me.

When we find ourselves in difficult and challenging situations, how often do we spend our time trying to figure out our own way out of this situation? Are we trying to get out of the whale on our own strength? At what point do we recognize our need for God? Jonah needed God to get out of this situation, but nothing changed about his situation until he recognized that need and prayed to God. Are we coming to God with every little thing that we need his help on, because we need his help with everything.