1 Sam. 14; 1 Chron. 4; 2 Cor. 13

“Then Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the LORD will work for us. For nothing restrains the LORD from saving by many or by few.” 1 Sam. 14:6

These famous and courageous words of Jonathan make us admire this man of faith. Against the natural odds of two against twenty, human wisdom would say is that this would be a suicide mission and it might be but Jonathan believes it is worth the risk. Jonathan is fed up with the Philistine oppressors and he knows someone has to do something about it. It’s not that he thinks he can do it on his own. What he does no is that God is not hampered by numbers. God can win any battle no matter what the odds are. Jonathan says I’m betting on God. He hasn’t heard directly from God as to whether God will back him on this crusade but he does know that it is the right thing to do and if God does help him he will have victory. When we look forward the answer from God is yes. Some times we use the I haven’t heard from God excuse when we just don’t have the courage to do the right thing, especially when doing the right thing can be costly. I guess when it comes to doing the right thing God has already told us to do it. Will he back us when we take that step of faith? Of coarse He will, does that mean we will not have to suffer for doing the right thing, who knows, it may be that the LORD will work for us.

Pastor Rick