This little story of Jonah is not intended to make us feel great about ourselves. It’s a wakeup call to God’s people. God has His heart set on Nineveh, and He has called us to speak the truth to a lost and perishing world. God loves that motley crew on the deck of a sinking ship, and He has placed us on that ship that we might bear witness to the One, True God in our prayers and in our service. As those entrusted with His Word, called to be a light in the midst of this present darkness, it is no time for us to be sleeping below while the storm is raging all around us.