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UNFAIR - "not fair; not conforming to approved standards, as of justice,honesty, or ethics"
(dictionary.com)

Are there things in your life that you would deem unfair? As we read through the story below, think about all of the UNFAIR things that happened to Jonathan.

Jonathan had a lot of unfair moments in his life. One of the biggest is that he should have been king. Since he was Saul's son and Saul was king, Jonathan should have been king after Saul died. However, that is not how God saw things. God's plan was such that He gave Israel a king that they deserved - unintelligent, rash, sinful - in order to teach the nation a lesson. As we look back through this time in Israel's history, we can look at Saul and what kind of king he was compared to what kind of king David ended up being. David was a far better king than Saul. He was very dedicated to not only his people, but to God's will. Yet, David was not without sin. Through his relationship with Bathsheba and the events that followed, we can see now that God was showing Israel no matter who you say is king over you, no one will be the perfect king. That is, until Jesus. And God uses Jonathan, the rightful heir to the throne in the world's eyes, to help David in surviving Saul's threats upon his life. He uses Jonathan to show us that even though we may think that we deserve something, the reality is that we deserve nothing. What we might call unfair, God might call character building. What we deem unfair, God deems fair for His glory.