Contemplative Bible Reading

Jonah 2:10 (New Living Translation)

Then the Lord ordered the fish to spit Jonah out onto the beach.

God speaks to a great fish. “Spit Jonah out onto the beach,” says God.

The following verses indicated that the great fish listens and obeys God. Let’s consider that last phrase for a moment. A “stupid fish” listens and obeys God. Or was it a “stupid” or mindless fish? Or was it a smart fish with a free will to do as it wanted?

Enough speculation about the nature of the mind of a fish. We know what this one fish did.

Am I “smarter” than a fish? Take care with this question and its answer. Do I listen and obey? Do I think about it a while? How does my judgement compare to that of this one fish?

Given this story and these questions, I look pretty foolish at times, huh? Perhaps I should use some of my brain power and superior intelligence to consider my life and how I respond to God.