In 1 Samuel 20 we learn a valuable lesson on sacrifice between Jonathan and David. Jonathan’s own dad (Saul) had allowed jealousy to consume him to the point he wanted to kill his son’s friend David. The interesting part within this lesson is when Jonathan spoke to his father about David and how the anger inside Jonathan’s father then transfered towards his own son. Jonathan then developed righteous anger towards his fathers wrong actions not for what he had done to him but for what he was doing to his friend David.
The lesson is this,”Do you become angered towards the injustice towards yourself or for the wrongs that are being done to others?” Our life should not matter because God has given us the Way to handle this but when wrongs are being done to others then we have a responsibility under God to stand for one another. Isn’t this the same lesson that Jesus taught? Isn’t this the same lesson He showed on the cross?
Think about it! In your love of Christ we should be able to handle someone doing us wrong through the instruction of God as Jonathan displayed with his own father but this does not mean that we are to allow someone being spiritually misguided by Satan to hurt the ones we love. If someone was to speak evil words about someone in your family would this not get you up out of your seat? What is this difference between someone in our immediate family at home and another brother or sister in Christ? For if we are true believers this would in all be the same…amen
James A. Harrison
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