It is indistinguishable the similarities we have with the story of Jonah, because like Jonah we reject God at first but then we realize how stupid we are or were and we always or most of the time come back to Him, it also gives us and idea of how is impossible to avoid God’s call in our lives.
God comes to Jonah and tells him that he needs to go and tell the Assyrians to repent from their evil ways of life, but Jonah instead of obeying God he ran away, as quoted in the bible:
Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, "Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me." But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went on board, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.
But there is no way people can run away form the Lord, actually it is practically impossible, Jonah thought he could fool God by running away, but instead God send a huge storm against the ship and Jonah jumped out of it and a big fish swallowed him, he spend three days inside, this is also an image of the resurrection, because like our Lord Jonah came a to life after three days, he came back to proclaim the word of God to the Assyrians.
Like Jonah let us not run away from the Lord, but instead let us say like our blessed mother, “be done according to thy word”. (Luke 1-38)
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