Keep in mind that all of us also run away from the presence of God all the time.
Because here's the thing.
God wants to meet with you every single day.
And if you don't spend personal time with God on a daily basis,
you know what you did that day?
You ran away from God.
God's like right there.
And I'm not saying you're audibly going to hear a voice,
but I mean, God's basically like,
Read me.
I'm right here.
I want to spend time with you.
And you do everything under the sun
rather than just read your Bible and spend time with God.
Or, you know, God's presence is in church.
And you do everything to get out of going to church.
What are you doing?
You're running away from the presence of God.
There's no other way to look at it.
And that's what Jonah's doing.
But realize that we also,
he's literally doing it which makes him look very foolish,
especially when it's in the Bible for all eternity.
But I'm also glad that all of my mistakes are not just out there for all eternity.
Because all of us have many of them, right?