Then Jonah arose

“So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.” - Jonah 3v3

Why did Jonah go this time when God told him to go to Nineveh and preach? Some would say, “If you have just been in a storm, thrown out of a boat, nearly drowned, then swallowed and spit up by a whale you would listen to God the second time as well!”

Perhaps his only motivation was fear of what God might do is he refused again, but it is fairly possible that there may have been another motivation. A few verse previous Jonah talked about his “sacrifice of thanksgiving.” Thanksgiving is best seen when it is put into practice. It is one thing to say “thank you” and quite another to show it by action.

Either way, this time Jonah did what called him to do. Delayed or not, he was now in obedience to God.