How can we be sure God is looking out for us? David faces a less than ideal

scenario, his best friend’s dad is out to kill him. Saul is set on holding

onto power by killing David. Jonathan, however, ensures David that their

friendship is in the Lord. Meaning that their friendship with one another

is like that of the Lord’s; he won’t leave David alone. And like David, if

we’ve ever been alone facing less than ideal scenarios, we long to know

whether or not God is looking out. Community is God’s antidote to

loneliness; in the same way Jonathan was an extension of God’s love and

faithfulness. Godly community is like a well that God can draw on to look

out for us. In his community we find that we’re not alone, we’re not

orphans. Jesus calls us his siblings, clothed in his Sonship to the Father.

In his family, the Spirit empowers us to fight loneliness and stand in

solidarity with one another.

By Raul Sandoval