Today’s Devotional: “Risking For God”

“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 Samuel 14:6)

Jonathan was willing to risk death because he knew the God in which he served. Jonathan was able to deliver Israel with many or with few because he knew that it’s the Lord that does the delivering.

In verse eight Jonathan said, “Let us cross over to these men, and we will show ourselves to them.” (1 Samuel 14:8)

This really bad methodology is not based on human intellect, because the last thing you want to show the enemy is yourself. Basically, it’s saying, “Here I am, take your best shot.” Either God was revealing the worst military strategy ever, or there’s a lesson to be learned.

Jonathan was willing to risk death, which means that he had to place his life in God’s hands. To take this journey of faith, we must trust God and make ourselves vulnerable. It’s only when we stop hiding who we are, and in whom we believe, that God can use us in a mighty way to seize the day for Him.

Jonathan moved out where he could be seen. We also need to move from our closet Christian experiences and out into the open where everyone can see and know that we’re believers in Jesus Christ.

This is one of the main reasons many believers don’t share their faith. It’s because when they do, they’re seen and can no longer live a secret Christian life. A life that is seen at church but nowhere else.

If we want to seize the opportunities then we got to let others see us and hear our story, and then let God take it from there.

Can you imagine the church being like this? We would truly be a formable force.