Jonah didn’t find it easy to trust God when he was struggling in the water. His faith came out of a great struggle between his own feelings of failure and the gracious promises of God. People sometimes speak about faith as if it were a small step, easily taken: “Just believe; put your trust in Jesus.” But faith has enemies to overcome. It grapples like a wrestler with Satan’s lies, so don’t be surprised if the struggle to believe seems like the fight of your life. Faith prevails over despair when you fix your eyes on the grace of God rather than your own failure. That’s what Jonah was doing
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