You Miss 100% of the Shots You Never Take

# 177 - Today's Du-votional comes from: 1Sa 14:6 Then Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, "Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the LORD will work for us. For nothing restrains the LORD from saving by many or by few." (1 Sam 14:6) If I were building a basketball team, Jonathan would be one of my first recruits, because in basketball, you miss 100% of the shots you never take. He is not intimidated by the enemy, and tells his armor bearer, “Hey, let's take a shot at these uncircumcised Philistines. “ Why was he willing to do this? Because he knew who his God was and he knew who he was in God. He knew God was with him because he was under contract with God (circumcised) and the Philistines were not. Based on those facts, he felt confident in saying, “who knows, maybe God will create a shot opportunity for me.” The word “work” here is the idea of creating something. Jonathan knew the Creation story. He knew that God “worked” created for six days. God spoke and things happened just as He spoke them. He said, “ let there be light” and there was light. For six days God kept saying “let” and for six days things came into existence because He said so. Jonathan was willing to see if God would be willing to “let” him have victory over the Philistines. He knew that no amount of superior numbers displayed by the Philistines could stand against God's simple command of “let.” May I encourage you today to “let” God “let” in your life. The Holy Spirit may prompt you just as I believe he prompted Jonathan to take a shot today. It may be to witness to someone. It may be to step out of your comfort zone to help someone. It may be to take a stand for righteousness. Whatever the prompting is from the Holy Spirit, seek to follow through on it because as every basketball coach knows, you miss 100% of the shots you never take. Take the shot who knows, God may “let” it go in, and score one for His kingdom.