1 Samuel 24-26; Psalm 74
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“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who has sent you today
to meet me.”
I was quite impressed with Abigail from chapter 25, and honestly
did not remember this story from reading the Bible before.
David had been angered and was about to take revenge against a
fool, Abigail’s husband Nabal (his name literally meant ‘fool’). When Abigail had learned of what her
husband had done, it says she “lost no time.” She went to meet David and tried to set things right. She reminds him that it would be a sin
to take revenge in his own hands and to let God deal with Nabal.
I’m assuming since Nabal was “such a wicked man that no one can
talk to him,” that Abigail was probably taking the risk of him hurting her if
he found out what she was doing.
She was brave; she was bold.
She knew what was right and wrong in the eyes of the Lord. She spoke with David with humbleness
and grace.
David realized that through Abigail God had kept him from doing
wrong.
May we all be blessed with Abigails in our lives! May we be ready and willing to be an
Abigail to someone else as the Lord leads us.
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