“This Great Tempest Is Because Of Me"

"And he said to them, 'Pick me up and throw me into the sea; then the sea will become calm for you. For I know that this great tempest is because of ME.' Nevertheless the men rowed hard to return to land, but they could not, for the sea continued to grow more tempestuous against them. Therefore they cried out to the Lord and said, 'We pray, O Lord, please do not let us perish for this man's life, and do not charge us with innocent blood; for You, O Lord, have done as it pleased You.' So they picked up Jonah and THREW HIM INTO THE SEA, and the sea ceased from its raging. Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice to the Lord and took vows. Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights."(Jonah 1:12-17)

I hope we all can see the tempests we have stirred by our own desires; our own way. The sea COVERED JONAH for three days/nights, but the great fish delivered him to do the Lord's will. Jonah was no longer covered from sight by the sea: he was resurrected for obedience toward Nineveh. No more tempest "because of ME"; salvation for others because MY desires/ways have been removed.