God sent a pursuer after Jonah, a mighty tempest; sin brings storms and tempests into the soul, into the family, into churches and nations; it is a disquieting, disturbing thing. Just as Jonah slept during the storm, nations are sleeping on in sin, when the word of God and the convictions of their own consciences warn them to arise and call on the Lord that they would escape everlasting misery. Should not we warn each other to awake, to arise, to call upon our God, if so be, He will deliver us? Whatever evil is upon us at any time, there is a cause for it; and each must pray, Lord, show me how you contend with me. God has many ways of bringing to light hidden sins and sinners and making manifest that foolishness which was thought to be hid from the eyes of all living.