1 Samuel 20:18-23 Crucial Time!

 ”Then Jonathan said to David, “Tomorrow is the New Moon; and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty. And when you have stayed three days, go down quickly and come to the place where you hid on the day of the deed; and remain by the stone Ezel. Then I will shoot three arrows to the side, as though I shot at a target; and there I will send a lad, saying, ‘Go, find the arrows.’ If I expressly say to the lad, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you; get them and come’—then, as the Lord lives, there is safety for you and no harm. But if I say thus to the young man, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you’—go your way, for the Lord has sent you away. And as for the matter which you and I have spoken of, indeed the Lord be between you and me forever.”“ I Samuel‬ ‭20‬:‭18‬-‭23‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

a. I will shoot three arrows: After Jonathan learned his father’s heart and intention towards David, he would communicate to David through a signal. Jonathan would take target practice and where he shot the arrows would tell David the answer.

b. Three arrows: These would bring one of two messages. Either Saul’s heart has changed towards David and there is safety for you, or Saul was still determined to kill David and the LORD has sent you away.

i. This was a crucial time in David’s life. Either he would be welcomed back to the palace and his home or he would be a fugitive until Saul gave up the hunt for David. A lot depended on the message brought through a few arrows. (Guzik)

Crucial Time!

As the world turns and moves towards destruction it’s a crucial time In history when we should be warning people that Jesus is the way ”…..the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.“ John‬ ‭14‬:‭6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

”For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.“

‭‭John‬ ‭3‬:‭16‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Yesterday when driving to town we came within a second of meeting our Maker because of a reckless driver. The Bible tells us, warns us that our days are numbered.

If yesterday was our numbered day, I know for sure, that I would have went home to Jesus in heaven.

When your number is up, do you know where you will go?

Charles Spurgeon said, “Men are either going to Heaven or to Hell—and it is time that we came to close grips with them about this all-important matter!”

Blessings