Jonathan was humble enough to say, “David, I know you will be king. I’ll be your right-hand man.”
This was a prince — the son of the king — yet he agreed with the prophecy of Samuel that said Saul’s kingdom would not continue. He didn’t argue. Jonathan had the habit of agreeing with God. There are very few people like that — people who don’t have stubborn, self-willed dispositions; people willing to say, “The Lord has spoken. That’s what God says. I stand with it.”
But in the end, Jonathan didn’t follow through. He never left his father’s side to join David. He died next to Saul in battle. That prophecy about being David’s right-hand man? It never came to pass.
He should have left his father.
Someone may say, “That’s not how it’s done.”
That’s the problem. You will die with your man of God. Both of you will die together — spiritually. It doesn’t matter what God has done with you before.
That’s the mistake many are making today. You don’t want to move away from old opinions, old thoughts, old patterns. You don’t want it to appear that you’re disloyal. So you stay there.
But if Jonathan had left, he would have stood with David. They wouldn’t have had to bring his crippled son to the king’s table — Jonathan himself would have been there.
[Published on 07/07/2025]
