Joshua 7:1-26; Isaiah 3:1-4:6; Luke 22:31-53
It may be that the Lord will work for us: for there is no restraint to the Lord to save by many or by few. 1 Samuel 14:6
Humanly speaking, Jonathan’s plan to take on the Philistine army was nothing short of suicidal. The enemy occupied the high ground, and they were greatly superior in number. Jonathan’s courage alone could never win the day, but when that courage was combined with unshakeable faith in the covenant–keeping God of Israel, the Philistines could not prevail. He said, “The Lord will work for us”, understanding, as David did later, that “the battle is the Lord’s” (1 Sam. 17:47). Later, the people declared, “he hath wrought with God this day” (1 Sam. 14:45). —Phil Coulson
Fight the good fight with all thy might;
Christ is thy strength, and Christ thy right. —John Monsell