Which Character Are You?

During my morning devotions I came across a Bible story that I hadn’t read in a while. (I’m going through a Bible reading plan.) Here it is in the King James Version of First Samuel 14:1-23:
1 Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines’ garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his father.
2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men;
3 And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD’s priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.
4 And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines’ garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
5 The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.
6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.
7 And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.
8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them.
9 If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.
10 But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign unto us.
11 And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.
12 And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.
13 And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armourbearer slew after him.
14 And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow.
15 And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling.
16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another.
17 Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armourbearer were not there.
18 And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel.
19 And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand.
20 And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man’s sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.
21 Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that time, which went up with them into the camp from the country round about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan.
22 Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle.
23 So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Bethaven.

Description of characters in order of appearance:
• Jonathan – Eldest son of Saul (the King), who (in this story) went out alone without telling his father, only with his armourbearer and this crazy idea to go up against a whole garrison of the Philistines, commenting, ‘It may be that the Lord will fight for us, for there is no restraint to the Lord to save by many or by few.’
• Armourbearer – a young man who helped Prince Jonathan carry his stuff around, but who was so devoted to him that he went along with this crazy idea, saying, ‘Do all that is in thine heart. I’m with you with all of my heart.’
• Saul – King of Israel, who, when faced with invading parties of enemy soldiers, decides to sit under a tree and wait. When it seems as if something is happening runs to the priest for counsel, but when the outside noises get louder he leaves the priest and jumps straight into the battle
• 600 men with Saul – people who followed the king and was ready to fight when he told them to
• Ahiah – the priest, subject to summons and dismissal by the king
• Philistines – enemies of Israel, who, at this time would send raiding parties to terrorize the Israelites and had superior weaponry
• Others who had hidden – people who were not happy with the way the Philistines were treating them, but who were not brave enough to do anything about it
Now, which of these characters can you relate to? It’s been a recent thing for me to ask myself, ‘Who am I in this story?’ but the truth is there are times when I am every one of these characters.
Sometimes I’m the one with a crazy idea, not telling anyone about it except maybe one or two others who I know will be supportive of the idea and will help me accomplish it.
Sometimes I’m the one in the supporting role, even though others’ ideas are crazy am willing to help see it through.
Sometimes I’m the one sitting under a tree, waiting for the Enemy to attack, and am known for my bad temper at others’ ideas that they’re scared to come and ask me for help, or they don’t feel so free to tell me what they’ve been up to. Also sometimes I spend too much time seeking the Lord’s help in prayer and other times not enough time with Him. (I also read somewhere that when Saul was king, David was the only recorded giant-killer, but that when David was king, most of his mighty men were giant-killers too.)
Sometimes I’m like the 600 men, just sitting around waiting for the leaders to tell me what to do and how and where to march, taking no initiative.
Sometimes I have been like this priest and not willing to say what needed to be said, but wanting to keep friends and family happy rather than rocking the boat. This priest also had royal patronage that possibly he didn’t want to forfeit by upsetting the king, compromising for gain.
Sometimes I have been like the Philistines, so confident in their physical numbers that the idea of two men against them didn’t equal defeat and loss. When we put God into the equation, all bets are off!
Sometimes I have said I am neutral and then come out to join the winners, instead of fighting for one side or another. Yes, sometimes discretion is the better part of valour, but I think it’s unfair (overall) to benefit from something that you haven’t worked/fought/bled for.
Which character do you find yourself playing most of the time?