God is the God of the second chance. Jonah had messed up big time but the Lord called him again. This time he obeyed. But did you notice the difference in the two calls? In the first call he was to go and preach against Nineveh because their wickedness had come up before God. In the second call Jonah was told to go and proclaim the message that the Lord would give him. Because he had failed the first time the Lord led him in baby steps the second time.
Imagine if Jonah went from Chapter 1:2 directly to Chapter 3:3. Instead of reading
'The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai: “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.” But Jonah ran away from the LORD and headed for Tarshish.'
It would read:
'The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai: “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.” Jonah obeyed the word of the LORD and went to Nineveh.'
Now that is how it should have been but Jonah disobeyed so God had to deal with His runaway prophet.
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