Jonah 1:4. But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
Learn, hence, that "Omnipotence has servants everywhere." The Lord is never short of sheriff’s officers to arrest his fugitives, and on that occasion he "sent out a great wind into the sea." "The wind bloweth where it listeth." That is true, but it is also true that the wind bloweth where God listeth, and he knew how to send that great wind to the particular ship. No doubt many ships were on the Mediterranean at that time; but, possibly, unto none of them was the storm sent save unto the one which carried Jonah son of Amittai. We say, "Every bullet has its billet," and this great wind was sent to pursue the fugitive prophet.
Jonah 1:4. But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
Learn, hence, that "Omnipotence has servants everywhere." The Lord is never short of sheriff’s officers to arrest his fugitives, and on that occasion he "sent out a great wind into the sea." "The wind bloweth where it listeth." That is true, but it is also true that the wind bloweth where God listeth, and he knew how to send that great wind to the particular ship. No doubt many ships were on the Mediterranean at that time; but, possibly, unto none of them was the storm sent save unto the one which carried Jonah son of Amittai. We say, "Every bullet has its billet," and this great wind was sent to pursue the fugitive prophet.