Nothing Can Hinder the Lord From Saving

1 Samuel 14; 1 Chronicles 4; 2 Corinthians 13 

“”Jonathan said to his young armor-bearer, “Come, let’s go over to the outpost of those uncircumcised men. Perhaps the Lord will act in our behalf. Nothing can hinder the Lord from saving, whether by many or by few.” “Do all that you have in mind,” his armor-bearer said. “Go ahead; I am with you heart and soul.”“

”For to be sure, he was crucified in weakness, yet he lives by God’s power. Likewise, we are weak in him, yet by God’s power we will live with him in our dealing with you.“

In the face of an overwhelmingly superior army, weaponry and momentum, Jonathan decided to attack the Philistines. He believed that “nothing could hinder the Lord from saving.”  Do we believe that?  His armour bearer was of the same mind.  “Go ahead, I am with you heart and soul.”  We all need friends like that!  Like Jonathan, Paul the apostle was often faced with huge odds against him, and a position of weakness.  Yet he believed that the resurrection power of Christ was expressed through his weakness and all the glory would go to God.  When we are opposed, facing spiritual warfare and surrounded by discouraged and defeated warriors, do we host a pity party, or resist the enemy?  

“Lord, you are my strength!  Keep me focused on your mission, with my eyes on you and not the enemy, for your glory.”