As Christians, our rebellion against God, no matter what it is, will affect our relationship with our husbands or wives, our children, our families, our friends, and our fellow workers. Most of all, it will affect our relationship with our God. The most miserable person in the world is the person who tries to run from God. We read that Jonah had lain down and was fast asleep. He was so wrapped up in his sin that he didn't even know what was happening around him.
Sin can become a spiritual anesthetic that clouds our reasoning and paralyzes our lives.
It won t go away until you get right with God. Notice who it was that went and woke up Jonah. It was the nonbeliever. Jonah then tells the mariners who he is and who his God is. Even though Jonah told them that he was a follower of the living God, his conduct did not back up his confession.