1 Samuel 14:45
"And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not."
There are many things about this story of Jonathan fighting alone with his armor bearer against the garrison of the Philistines that should stir the heart of the Christian. The army of God was settled, and the enemies of God were marching when Jonathan determined not to let them advance any further. With God's, help Jonathan and his armor bearer stopped the advance of the Philistines and wrought a great victory that day.
Jonathan was a man who saw a need and filled it. He saw a window of opportunity and opened it when others could not see that window. The trust this man had in his God was tremendous. He knew that God was big enough to take two people and defeat this great army.
Yet, even after a great victory he still faced opposition from his father. Saul had made a foolish command not to eat anything that day, and Jonathan had not heard the command and ate some honey. When Saul was determined to kill him because he disobeyed the command, the people stood up and saved Jonathan's life by saying, "...he hath wrought with God this day."
One of the definitions of the word "wrought" is to disturb. In other words, Jonathan's actions disturbed God to involve Himself in the battle with Jonathan. God saw someone whose faith was great enough to step out and do something beyond themselves that disturbed Him to work a great victory.
Christian, are you doing anything beyond yourself that would disturb God to work with you? In other words, is there any act of faith that would grab God's attention and cause Him to work with you? The greatest need in Christianity today is for God's people to step out by faith and disturb God. I'm certainly not saying that God is not interested in our lives, but what I am saying is that God doesn't need to work with most Christians because they are not doing anything big enough that He must step in and help them.
It is always the act of faith that disturbs God. It is the person who sees a void like Jonathan saw, and does something to fill it that disturbs God to work with them. It is the Christian who sees a great opportunity and steps out to open it that disturbs God to get involved. God will only get involved in things that are so big that the Christian cannot do it themselves. The reason is because God alone will get the glory for the victory. It is in these moments that God chooses to work with you.
Let me ask you, have you done anything worthy of disturbing God? Friend, it takes faith to step out and do something mighty to disturb God. You will never disturb God as long as you stay in your comfort zone. I challenge you today to come out of your comfort zone and disturb God by doing something beyond yourself. You will find that God will work with you to see a great victory when you disturb Him.