Regarding Heros

I was reading in my Bible the other night when I came across the story of Jonathan and his armor bearer and how they almost single handedly, with God's help of course, drove out the Philistines. 1 Samuel 14 I think. It was the simple yet profound interaction of the two men with their circumstance to which I gave pause.

“Let’s go across to the outpost of those pagans,” Jonathan said to his armor bearer. “Perhaps the Lord will help us, for nothing can hinder the Lord. He can win a battle whether he has many warriors or only a few!” NLT

Great faith. His armor bearer responds.

"Do all that you have in mind," his armor-bearer said. "Go ahead; I am with you heart and soul." NIV

There was something in that for me. That a man would trust his friend and that he would follow him with both his heart and his soul. There were no reservations. He had set in his mind who he was, who God wasm and who Jonathan was and was willing to put his life in their hands.

It is what came after that really had me thinking.

Jonathan said, "Come, then; we will cross over toward the men and let them see us. 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. 10 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." NIV

He didn't get down on his knees and offer some incantation. He simple said lets do this... If this happens then God is telling us this. If this, then God is telling us this. He acted and allowed God to dictate their actions. Jonathan knew that one way or the other God would be involved and cared enough for him to respond. That was so amazing to me. Declaring on earth that it may be bound and done in heaven.