1 Samuel 14:1

1 Samuel 14:1 says, Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines’ garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his father. Without telling Saul, his father, Jonathan told the young man who was his armor bearer that they would go over to the Philistines.  He wasn't content to just hide, and probably figured Saul would stop him if he told him he was doing this.  As Christians, even if we have to act alone, we must face the enemy today and not look for some place of safety to hide away in.  Of course, it is better if we let others know what we are doing and see if they want to join us.  Verse two adds, And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men;  Saul, who now only had six hundred men with him, and not the three thousand that he had chosen, seemed to be at a loss as to what to do.  He was basically hiding outside Gibeah, though he was the king that the people had demanded.  We may have plenty of people around us to help us as followers of Christ, but if real trouble comes, we may find the number greatly diminished.  Also, we don't find Saul seeking God's guidance in the situation.  When we as Christians are surrounded by trouble, the first thing we should do is to pray and ask God's guidance about what we should do.  Verse three adds, And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD’s priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.  We are told that Ahiah, Eli's grandson, was the priest at Shiloh.  Samuel had abandoned Saul because of his sinful action in offering a sacrifice to God as though he were the priest, so he hoped that Ahiah would be able to tell him what to do.  Of course, the priesthood had been removed from Eli's sons and family because they had perverted it.  We today may look for preachers who will tell us what we want to hear and not what God has to say to us.  None of them knew what Johnathan was doing, and a true priest should have, I would think.  Verse four states, And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines’ garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.  Verse five adds, The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.   Jonathan, in the meantime, was making his way to a camp the Philistines, going by a very rough passage.   He did not just march up to their camp, but went in a way they they might not have expected.  Sometimes, meeting our enemies head on may not be the best thing to do.  I believe that Jonathan was relying on God's leadership, as seems to be shown in the next few verses.  Whatever we do as Christians today we need to do so under the leadership of God.  Verse six declares, And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: 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.  Jonathan then professed his faith in God to bring them victory, no matter how outnumbered they might be.  He said that they would go into the camp of the uncircumcised Philistines and that it might be that God would work for them.  He had no guarantee that he this would be true, but simply had to go by faith.  We have no guarantee that we will always be successful in our fight against the forces of evil in the world today in this lifetime, but we do have God's assurance of the everlasting victory, so we should never allow fear to stop us from doing what we know He calls us to do.  Verse seven adds, And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.  Jonathan's armor bearer told him to do what was in his heart, and he would be there with him.  We need this type of Christian friends today, and we need to be this type friend to our fellow Christians.  If  they or we are doing something that God has called them or us to do, we need to be there to support each other, even if it puts us in a dangerous situation.  We must do this with unwavering faith in God.