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Today's Devotion
From Dr. David Jeremiah
Friends Don’t Forget
August 18, 2026
Then [King David] said, “Is there not still someone of the house of Saul, to whom I may show the kindness of God?” And Ziba said to the king, “There is still a son of Jonathan who is lame in his feet.”
2 Samuel 9:3
Recommended Reading:
John 15:7; John 15:13-157 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will[{{f}}] ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. 8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.9 “As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. 10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.11 “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. 12 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. 14 You are My friends if you do whatever I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.
John 15:7-15
Saul and Jonathan died in battle, and David ascended to the throne over Israel. But David remembered his friendship with Jonathan and inquired whether any members of Saul’s house still lived.
David learned that Jonathan had a crippled son, Mephibosheth, who was living as an outcast; David summoned this son to his court. When Mephibosheth arrived, he feared for his life. But David showed him “kindness for Jonathan’s sake” (2 Samuel 9:1). He restored property to Mephibosheth and made him a resident of his court. David did this to honor his friendship with Jonathan who had saved his life when Saul sought to kill him. Jesus mirrored this kind of friendship with His disciples (John 15:13-17). Just as Jonathan had pledged to meet David’s needs (1 Samuel 20:4), so Jesus made the same pledge to His disciples who were His friends (John 15:7, 13).
Are you that loyal of a friend? Ask God for grace to be the kind of friend who is faithful in adversity.
Friendship is the greatest of worldly goods.
C. S. Lewis
