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1 Samuel chapter 14, verse 6. Jonathan said to the young man who carried 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 can hinder the Lord from saving,

by many or by few.

I love this verse. Jonathan, speaking to this young guy who's carrying

his armor about the Philistines saying, hey, let's go over to this entire garrison of Philistine

soldiers. And we can defeat them if the Lord is with us. If the Lord works for us, that's the language.

It may be the Lord will work for us. And then I love this just statement of faith by Jonathan

for nothing can hinder the Lord from saving by many or by few. In other words, Jonathan's like,

I mean there may be two of us or there maybe 200,000 of us. But either way, God can save.

And it's true.

We see this all throughout the Old Testament.

Like, just because Israel has a lot of soldiers and well-trained soldiers at that,

doesn't mean they win a battle.

If God is not with them, they always lose.

And similarly, think about Gideon in the book of judges, if it's just a few hundred people,

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