Charles Spurgeon Commentary Jonah 1:4

"But Jehovah sent out a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken." — Jonah 1:4 (ASV)

Learn from this that "Omnipotence has servants everywhere." The Lord is never short of sheriff's officers to arrest his fugitives, and on that occasion he sent out a great wind into the sea.

The wind bloweth where it listeth. That is true, but it is also true that the wind blows where God lists, and he knew how to send that great wind to that particular ship.

No doubt many ships were on the Mediterranean at that time, but possibly the storm was sent to none of them except to the one which carried Jonah son of Amittai.

We say, "Every bullet has its billet," and this great wind was sent to pursue the fugitive prophet.