Let's Go

Picking up where we left off yesterday: something else struck me about that same chapter in 1 Samuel (chapter 14).  God does win a great victory through the faith of Jonathon, but I don’t want us to miss Jonathon’s role in all of this.

In verse six, he tells his armor bearer that they should go to the garrison of the uncircumcised Philistines because he knew that nothing would hinder God from saving by even a few (like just the two of them).  But look what happens next:

Then Jonathan said, “Behold, we will cross over to the men, and we will show ourselves to them. If they say to us, ‘Wait until we come to you,’ then we will stand still in our place, and we will not go up to them.  But if they say, ‘Come up to us,’ then we will go up, for the Lord has given them into our hand. And this shall be the sign to us.”  So both of them showed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines. And the Philistines said, “Look, Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have hidden themselves.”  And the men of the garrison hailed Jonathan and his armor-bearer and said, “Come up to us, and we will show you a thing.” And Jonathan said to his armor-bearer, “Come up after me, for the Lord has given them into the hand of Israel.” (1 Samuel 14:8-12)

The uncircumcised Philistines, that is, those who were not part of God’s people, did not go to where Jonathon, the man of faith, was.  No.  He had to go to them if God was going to win the victory and save by the hand of a few.

As I said, Satan has his uncircumcised, unbelieving garrison occupying the world, and they are great in number, but God has the power to win the victory and save – even through the work of just a few.  But they are not about to come to us.  We need to go to them.

Remember, the gates of hell shall not prevail against the church of Jesus Christ, but the gates aren’t coming to us, we need to go to them.  God will do the work if we start the siege on Satan’s kingdom of this world.  There are many to be saved, but the LORD has given them into our hand – the hand of His church which He has built. 

Just like Jonathon, Jesus went where the saving needed to be done – here to us!  And He tells us, “Come after Me.” 

Let’s go.

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