A faithful Jonah

Jonah and Paul
It is easy to see a number of parallels between Jonah and Paul – though quite frankly, the parallels are seen more in the contrast between them.

Practically the only thing that they have in common is that both of them were told to take God's message to the Gentiles, and both of them encountered a storm at sea.

What is most striking is the contrast between them:
when Jonah hears the call to go to Ninevah, he runs away to sea; when Paul hears the call to go to Rome, he eagerly goes to sea. Jonah is the occasion for God to send the storm, bringing trouble to the sailors; but Paul is the occasion for God to rescue the sailors from the storm.

Because, after all, the story of Paul is a continuation of the story of Jesus.
Because the story of the apostles is in fact what Jesus continued to do and to teach by the power of the Holy Spirit.
And indeed, all of church history – your own life included – is the story of what Jesus continues to do and to teach by the power of his Spirit.