So in the belly of the fish Jonah made good use of the time, he prayed. He could do nothing else. Sometimes God puts us in situations where there is nothing we can do, except pray, and this is the whole point. We do not need to be in total control, but we do need to have faith in God.
Jonah, like many of the psalms, prayed out of his distress. Jonah knew that God was responsible for his predicament, or rather it was God's judgement upon his disobedience. Yet Jonah believed that he would once again see God's holy temple.
God's answer came "from His holy temple". Often when we pray we look for a natural answer, and of course God often does provide by natural means. But at others the answer comes direct from His holy temple, direct from heaven.
Jonah knew where his salvation came from. And so the fish spewed Jonah out on to dry land.
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