by Jill Ice
Jonathan and David's friendship is probably the truest friendship recorded in the Bible. It was a friendship that exhibited all the characteristics of love as listed in I Corinthians 13:
Patient, kind, not jealous, not bragging, not arrogant.
Not acting unbecomingly, not seeking its own, not provoked, not taking into account a wrong suffered.
Not rejoicing in unrighteousness, but rejoicing in the truth.
Bearing all things, believing all things, hoping all things, enduring all things.
Never failing.
Their covenant-friendship gave protection to them both and to their families for generations to come. Jonathan protected David when his own father, Saul wanted to kill him. When David became king, he protected Jonathan's son Mephibosheth and bestowed upon him all the privileges of living in the palace of the king.
Through the story of Jonathan and David we see God's gracious gift of friendship and how it can enrich our lives. Let us keep the principles of I Corinthians 13 foremost in our interaction with others, following the example of Christ, and watch how our lives are transformed through love.
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