So, in the first chapter of Jonah, God tells Jonah to go to the city of Nineveh and preach to the people there. So what does Jonah do? Does he obey God? No! He goes and hops on a boat headed in the opposite direction. Yeah, that's right - he's literally running away from God. So God sends a storm, and the sailors conclude that Jonah must be the one to blame. Jonah says to toss him overboard and they do, but God provides a big fish and Jonah spends three days in the fish's belly. Eventually, Jonah is vomited up on the shore and he finally decides to obey God and goes to Nineveh. Moral of the story - don't run away from God.