Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis is attributed with the statement, “He can run, but he can’t hide.” The boxer who tried to outmaneuver Louis by staying away from him in the ring was eventually “found” and knocked out. Believers may try to use the same strategy with God, trying to run away from Him when we don’t want to obey. However, in the end in the end we will learn what Jonah learned: we can never hide from God.

Jonah learned the hard way that believers who run from God are unable to escape His discipline.

ESV passage Jonah 1:15-2:10