Abigail

Read: I Samuel 25-27

I Samuel 25 is likened to a love story. How God allowed making David and Abigail’s paths crossed.

Abigail, smart, intelligent and beautiful and married to a fool husband named NABAL. The name itself means “fool” is an ingrate in spite of the protection (unsolicited service) that David and his men had voluntarily offered to Nabal’s herdsmen and herds. Instead of being grateful, he insulted David and in the flesh, David responded accordingly (he reacted).

Abigail, who went between Nabal and David had prevented the slaughter of their household and kin. Abigail acted in good spirit. The circumstances in these passages, probably was permitted by God to pull Abigail out from a lousy marriage and David eyed this as an opportunity to take Abigail as his wife.
At this point, David, still not a king has started taking women for his own. His first wife (as reward from his father-in-law) is Michal (barren), then Ahinoam, and as of this chapter in I Samuel, the 3rd is Abigail.

For the second time in Chapter 26, David displayed his humility (for the greater Glory of Yahweh) over Saul by sparing his life the second time and after this incident, Saul stopped chasing David.

God delivered Saul into the hands of David, twice and David displayed his humility. Is this stupidity on the side of David or a test of David’s integrity as leader and an anointed man of God?

I believe God is testing David’s integrity and David passed the test with flying colours. David displayed his respect and adoration not on Saul but to God. God placed His indelible anointing on Saul that no man can defy nor is override, even David who was also God’s anointed. David gave to God the authority to take the throne from Saul which caused him his life (with his three sons and armour bearer) – this is the classic Biblical example of the very words of God which says : ”VENGENCE IS MINE”.

Prayers:

Abba Father:

May Nabal’s life be a lesson to me. Teach me also to give credit where credit is due, even if it is not due, especially to people you held up as our leaders, be it in the church or in the government. Just like David, he humbled himself before God by respecting His anointed. Give me wisdom Lord to understand and obey fully Your will.

In Jesus Name....Amen