Rim Huggers and Cliff Climbers

1 Samuel 14:2  

“Saul was staying…under a pomegranate tree…with him were about six hundred men” 

WHY DO WE SETTLE AND NOT GO ALL OUT?

PEOPLE HAVE BECOME:

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3) TOO

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5) THOSE WHO HOPE OR DEPEND ON   DOING SOMETHING

1 Samuel 14:6 

“Jonathan said to his young armor-bearer, “Come, let’s go over to the outpost of those uncircumcised fellows. Perhaps the LORD will act in our behalf”

FACTS ABOUT CLIFF CLIMBERS:

1) CLIFF CLIMBERS AREN’T CONTENT TO MEARLY —THEY DO

2) CLIFF CLIMBERS ARE WILLING TO DO THE RIGHT THING WITHOUT THE GUARANTEE OF

1 Samuel 14:6

“Nothing can hinder the LORD from saving, whether by many or by few”

3) CLIFF CLIMBERS HAVE A CONFIDENCE IN GOD’S AND

TWO THINGS THAT JONATHAN UNDERSTOOD:

1) THE ODDS ARETO GOD

2) GOD PLUS = A

3) HE DISCOVERS THAT SOMETIMES GOD WILL ALLOW THE UNCERTAINTY OF OUR SITUATION TO  BEFORE IT

1 Samuel 14:6 – 7

“Nothing can hinder the LORD from saving, whether by many or by few” 7 “Do all that you have in mind,” his armor-bearer said. “Go ahead; I am with you heart and soul.” Jonathan said, “Come, then; we will cross over toward the men and let them see us” 

1 Samuel 14:9

9 “If they say to us, ‘Wait there until we come to you,’ we will stay where we are and not go up to them. But if they say, ‘Come up to us,’ we will climb up, because that will be our sign that the LORD has given them into our hands”

1 Samuel 14:11

11 “So both of them showed themselves to the Philistine outpost. “Look!” said the Philistines. “The Hebrews are crawling out of the holes they were hiding in.” The men of the outpost shouted to Jonathan and his armor-bearer, “Come up to us and we’ll teach you a lesson.” So Jonathan said to his armor-bearer, “Climb up after me; the LORD has given them into the hand of Israel.” Jonathan climbed up, using his hands and feet, with his armor-bearer right behind him” 

5) What requires faith today may become – tomorrow

TWO THINGS YOU CAN BANK ON IN LIFE:

1) Our steps of have a way of moving the of God

2) IF YOU WAIT FOR GUARANTEES—YOU’LL MISS ENDLESS DIVINE