Blessed be Your Discretion
Let me ask us all a question. How is our discretion? That is not even a word we hear much any more. It means the quality of being careful about what we do and how we do it. I hope that describes all of us, but I can say there are times when I slip up; what about you? King David was so happy about the discretion of Abigail, Nabal's wife. He had set out to kill Nabal for treating his men badly, but Abigail met him on the road and changed his mind by her discretion. She decided to do the right thing in the right way, even though her husband was a fool. Therefore, David blessed her and thanked her. (I Samuel 25:33) Let's consider what she did for him.
By her actions Abigail kept David from shedding blood that day. Some of the blood would have even been totally innocent people, because he was so angry. Her actions stopped him from acting in a rage and regretting his actions later. Also, she kept him from taking his salvation in his own hands. That does not mean spiritual salvation. It means David becoming the judge and the jury of this case, so that he rendered the verdict of death to Nabal and his men. He should have left that to God. Abigail helped him realize that truth, too. We need to be like Abigail and use our discretion to impact the lives of the people around us in a positive way. We can show them the downfall of anger and the fact that we are not to judge others in a bad way. We can show them other errors, too, to save them from regretting their actions and being guilty before the Lord. I pray that we all will do that every way that we can.
Tomorrow, I intend to read I Samuel 27-30.
By her actions Abigail kept David from shedding blood that day. Some of the blood would have even been totally innocent people, because he was so angry. Her actions stopped him from acting in a rage and regretting his actions later. Also, she kept him from taking his salvation in his own hands. That does not mean spiritual salvation. It means David becoming the judge and the jury of this case, so that he rendered the verdict of death to Nabal and his men. He should have left that to God. Abigail helped him realize that truth, too. We need to be like Abigail and use our discretion to impact the lives of the people around us in a positive way. We can show them the downfall of anger and the fact that we are not to judge others in a bad way. We can show them other errors, too, to save them from regretting their actions and being guilty before the Lord. I pray that we all will do that every way that we can.
Tomorrow, I intend to read I Samuel 27-30.