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Episode 4 | Jonah’d It: Running From God, Learning in the Belly
In this episode of Suffer Well Podcast, I share my own Jonah story. In May 2025, I quit my job as a lineman apprentice, a job my wife and I prayed fervently for, because I couldn’t stand the culture around me. Instead of seeing those men as my Nineveh, I saw them as the problem and I ran. I Jonah’d it.
But running from God doesn’t lead to freedom, it leads to the belly. Bills piled up, hustles failed, and I watched my wife carry the weight I was supposed to shoulder. Like Jonah, I had to learn that the fish wasn’t punishment, it was preservation.
This episode dives into:
What it means to “Jonah it” and run from God’s assignment.
The belly as a place of discipline, not destruction.
Why provision and hard work are acts of worship (Genesis 2, 1 Timothy 5).
How God spits us out, not to shame us, but to send us.
Why the real mission field is in the workplace, not just the church.
If you’ve ever quit something God called you to, or you’re sitting in your own belly moment, this episode is for you. God is not finished with you. He will spit you out in mercy, because Nineveh is still waiting.
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By Mark HallIn this episode of Suffer Well Podcast, I share my own Jonah story. In May 2025, I quit my job as a lineman apprentice, a job my wife and I prayed fervently for, because I couldn’t stand the culture around me. Instead of seeing those men as my Nineveh, I saw them as the problem and I ran. I Jonah’d it.
But running from God doesn’t lead to freedom, it leads to the belly. Bills piled up, hustles failed, and I watched my wife carry the weight I was supposed to shoulder. Like Jonah, I had to learn that the fish wasn’t punishment, it was preservation.
This episode dives into:
What it means to “Jonah it” and run from God’s assignment.
The belly as a place of discipline, not destruction.
Why provision and hard work are acts of worship (Genesis 2, 1 Timothy 5).
How God spits us out, not to shame us, but to send us.
Why the real mission field is in the workplace, not just the church.
If you’ve ever quit something God called you to, or you’re sitting in your own belly moment, this episode is for you. God is not finished with you. He will spit you out in mercy, because Nineveh is still waiting.