The Radak (Yonah 2:2) teaches that two miracles happened to Yonah HaNavi: One is that he was saved after being tossed into the sea. The second miracle is that when he was in the fish's stomach, he didn’t lose hope. He prayed to Hashem from within the fish's stomach and was saved. The Radak writes that the second miracle, that he didn’t lose hope, is greater than the other miracle.
About twenty years ago, one of the talmidei chachamim of Yerushalayim fell ill, and his friends and students prayed a lot for him. Hashem answered their tefillos, and he overcame the illness. He said, "The greatest miracle isn't that Hashem answered the tefillos because that is obvious: Hashem listens to the tefillos of the Jewish nation. The primary miracle is that despite the doctor's discouraging predictions, people didn’t lose hope and davened for me."
We must never lose hope. Moshe Rabbeinu, the savior of the Jewish nation, was put in a casket in the Nile River. What were the chances of his survival? But Hashem prepared all the details so that Moshe should live:
Basya became ill with tzaraas and bathed in the Nile. She saved Moshe Rabbeinu and raised him right under Pharaoh's eyes. Hashem prepared every stage needed for Moshe to live and for the yetzias Mitzrayim to take place. The same is happening today.
At times, things seem frightening, like there is no hope. But Hashem has a plan for the redemption, and all steps are set and will transpire (Sifsei Tzaddik of Piltz zt'l).
