Best Friends forever

Collaboration #3

Best Friends Forever

Jonathan and David were best friends. They had been that way forever. Jonathan was the son of King Saul, and David was to be the anointed one, the one who would be king next. This made for a lot of palace intrigue, since normally, the son of the King would be next in line for succession.

But the boys were somewhat oblivious to this situation. Instead of letting this stuff get between them, they laughed and played and created games. That’s what friends are—seemingly oblivious to all the world and its vagaries, and focused on their friendship. Even when things got hot between David and Saul, the boys made a game out of the life and death situation. You can read all about this history in I Samuel, chapters 18-20.

For a devotion today, make a list of your best friends and pray for them.

Jonathan’s list was David, and he would put his life between David’s and the King. That’s a strong friendship and rare. Maybe you are not in that kind of situation—but you can still have best friends.

Aren’t friends just the best?



1 Samuel 20
1David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came before Jonathan and said, “What have I done? What is my guilt? And what is my sin against your father that he is trying to take my life?” 2He said to him, “Far from it! You shall not die. My father does nothing either great or small without disclosing it to me; and why should my father hide this from me? Never!” 3But David also swore, “Your father knows well that you like me; and he thinks, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, or he will be grieved.’ But truly, as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.” 4Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you say, I will do for you.”