Jonah 1-2

Ok I think Jonah is like a lot of people. God tells us to do something and we run for our lives. Most of us have never been swallowed by a gigantic fish for three days, but we've probably gone through things that were just as nasty. Not only that our running probably put others at risk. Jonah happened to meet the nicest sailors of all, because even after admitting the storm was his fault the sailors tried to help instead of throwing him overboard.
Just like Jonah our running is futile. Jonah went in the exact opposite direction from Nineveh toward Joppa only to swallowed up. So Jonah did what any of us would do, the last resort, he prayed. He even thanked God for the fish and committed to do what God wanted him to do in the first place. So God did what was appropriate and had the fish puke him up. I said appropriate not pleasant.