Fearless Faith

1 sam. 14:12

1 Samuel 14:12 NKJV

12 Then the men of the garrison called to Jonathan and his armorbearer, and said, “Come up to us, and we will show you something.” Jonathan said to his armorbearer, “Come up after me, for the Lord has delivered them into the hand of Israel.”

Hiding Out

1 sam 14:1-2

1 Samuel 14:1–2 NKJV

1 Now it happened one day that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come, let us go over to the Philistines’ garrison that is on the other side.” But he did not tell his father. 2 And Saul was sitting in the outskirts of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron. The people who were with him were about six hundred men.

What do you do when the head of the house is not following God?

Hiding from accountability, from growth, hiding from the opportunity to be sharpened, thinking that your a sharp army blade and ain't nothing more than a butter knife.

We see Saul here hanging out on the out skirts of the land, that he is supposed to be taking over. Not only that he is under a pomegranate tree hiding, I mean hanging out.

Saul countenance displays him out of position, not ready, in a position of hiding. 

In verse 3, there was even a priest that was dressed in a ephod, but was only dressing apart not fulfilling his role.

Because of the indecisiveness of Saul, there was a burning in Jonathan.

1 Samuel 14:6–7 NKJV

6 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.” 7 So his armorbearer said to him, “Do all that is in your heart. Go then; here I am with you, according to your heart.”

Know your level of authority

When Jonathan laid out the plan, he might have not been 100% sure but he understood who he was and who the enemy was. 

Uncircumcised was the name by which he called them. Jonathan knew that no matter what this might be like on the other side, he kew that the people he was getting ready to take out was not apart of the promise.

1 and 2 Samuel: An Introduction and Commentary ii. Jonathan’s Second Initiative (14:1–23)

Jonathan’s motivation now becomes plain. He regards the Philistines as incompatible with Israel because they are uncircumcised, whereas Israel was committed by circumcision to the living God