Sunday Morning | January 11, 2026 | John C. Majors | Louisville, KY
In Jonah 2, Pastor John reminds us that when we finally hit bottom, God often meets us there with mercy. Jonah’s prayer from inside the fish is shaped like a psalm, echoing Israel’s worship language and showing that even in desperation he turns to Scripture to cry out to God. The prayer reaches a decisive turning point when Jonah descends “all the way down” in utter helplessness and then experiences God bringing him back up, illustrating that true dependence on God often comes only when our own resources are exhausted. Yet Jonah’s prayer also reveals a problem—its heavy focus on “I” exposes lingering self-centeredness and a heart not fully aligned with God’s compassion, especially when contrasted with the sailors’ response. Still, Jonah arrives at the right conclusion: “Salvation belongs to the Lord,” pointing beyond himself to God’s sovereign grace and ultimately to Jesus, the greater “sign of Jonah,” who brings salvation through death and resurrection for all who cry out to Him.
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