Jonathan and his armor bearer pt2

1 Samuel 14

1 One day Jonathan son of Saul said to his young armor-bearer, “Come, let’s go over to the Philistine outpost on the other side.” But he did not tell his father.
2 Saul was staying on the outskirts of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree in Migron. With him were about six hundred men, 3 among whom was Ahijah, who was wearing an ephod. He was a son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD’s priest in Shiloh. No one was aware that Jonathan had left.

Here is Saul and his men sleeping under a tree. They don't know what to do because they are outnumbered and they don't have any weapons, so they decide to take a nap. Here's Jonathan, sitting around with his armor bearer, and they're thinking about the situation. Since Jonathan and his armor bearer are really just kids, it's pretty safe to say that they weren't masters of war strategy or anything. But, they know that something has to be done! They know that sitting around napping isn't going to solve the problem. They can't win the battle by sleeping better the other guys. Jonathan looks at his armor bearer and says, come on dude, we've got to do something, I just can't sit here. So they sneak off without anyone knowing they are gone.

If you skip down to verse 6, you see where Jonathan tells his armor bearer to come on...and PERHAPS THE LORD WILL HELP US! This is a big time lesson for all of us. Jonathan didn't know what to do, so he did the only thing he could think of...then he asked the Lord to help them. I think too many of us spend our lives "waiting on God" to show us what we're supposed to do. Perhaps God is saying, "just do something! Then maybe I'll come and join you!" I think "waiting on God" is an excuse that we use when we're too lazy or afraid to do something. Besides, how slow do we think God is? Are we ever ahead of God? NO!!! We're waiting on God, when God is ahead of us jumping up and down and waving His arms yelling, "dude, I'm right here!"

If God shows you a need, it's because He wants you to meet it! If He shows you something that needs to be done, it's because He wants you to do it! Stop waiting on God, and start doing something and ask God to help you!

Jonathan didn't let fear or uncertainty or his youth or lack of weapons or anything else stand in the way. He knew he had to do something, even if he wasn't sure it was the exact thing that God would have him do. He did something! You may be asking yourself, "Which of these things does God want me to do?" Easy answer...WHATEVER! God is screaming, "I don't care if you teach Sunday School or feed the homeless or fix your neighbors porch, etc...just do something!"

Tomorrow, we're gonna move on to another of my favorite passages. Keep reading this one over and over, I'll bet God shows you more things that you can get out of it. And maybe we'll revisit this passage again soon.

Tomorrow, we're going to move on the another favorite passage of mine.