Jonah 1:14 Therefore they called out to the Lord, “O Lord, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not on us innocent blood, for you, O Lord, have done as it pleased you.” 15 So they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging. 16 Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows.
Jonah is an eye-opening account of what happens when God's people run from Him. The rough seamen could see what Jonah could not. God was bringing people to Himself not because of, but despite Jonah. While he was busy running away from God and His purposes, unmoved by people dying right before him, (and those in the metroplex of Ninevah), these seamen cared about him and came to fear and worship God. How often do we, as God's people, act and react in such a way that could(and often does) drive people away from God. Where it not for His grace, they would not come to Him (and we could not come back).
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