PROCLAMATION
“Do all that you have in
mind,” his armor-bearer said. “Go ahead;
I am with you heart and soul.” 1 Samuel
14:7 (NIV)
EXPLANATION
These words were written
under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God by the prophet Samuel. At this point, King Saul had an army of about
six hundred men (1 Samuel 13:15) but they had no weapons. (1 Samuel
13:19-22) King Saul’s son, Jonathan, had
a sword and he told his armor-bearer to come and go with him to the camp of the
Philistines. (1 Samuel 14:1) They had to
travel over some rough terrain to reach the Philistine army outpost. (1 Samuel
14:4-5) They were outnumbered but
Jonathan and his armor-bearer killed twenty Philistines. (1 Samuel 14:13-14)
APPLICATION
This verse literally
means that he will follow him wherever he goes.
Some people will tell you that they have your back, or that they will be
with you till the end, through thick and thin.
However, most people really do not mean it. It should be noted that this was not his
friend. The armor-bearer was more like
his servant, he worked for him. He was
willing to go with him, over a hard road, to fight an enemy which outnumbered
them. He was willing, as the song goes,
“to march into hell for a heavenly cause.” Not everybody will help you fight “an
unbeatable foe.” Not all employees are
this committed, and neither are all friends or family members. There is only one that will stick by us
through everything. (Hebrews 13:5) He
will stick closer to us than a brother. (Proverbs 18:24) He is committed to us. He said that He would never leave us or
forsake us. (Hebrews 13:5) He said that
He would fight our battles. (2 Chronicles 20:17 and 32:8) He said that He would direct us (Proverbs
3:6) and protect us. (Psalm 17:8, 61:3 and Proverbs 18:10) The Lord God is truly committed to us, the
question is, are we committed to Him?
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