Let go and let God. He will handle it for you, just as He did for David and Abigail.

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November 11, 2012
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2. The Bowmans will be here
Saturday, December 29, 2012
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3. 1 Samuel 25
Nabal’s wife Abigail has
come to David to plead for
the life of her husband,
Nabal “THE FOOL”
She was also there to save David from a mistake
made in anger -- killing “THE FOOL”.
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4. 1 Samuel 25:26 Now
therefore, my lord, as the LORD
liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath
withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and
from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now
let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my
lord, be as Nabal.
Her prayer is that all of David’s enemies would be
no more dangerous than Nabal.
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5. The Lord kept David from avenging himself with
his own hand, and He used Abigail to do it.
Romans 12 19 Dearly beloved, avenge not your-
selves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is
written, Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, saith the
Lord.
We have no need to get even!
Not in things great or small.
Not with words or deeds.
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6. Let go and let God!
God will avenge His people, and He will do it
better than we ever could.
Psalm 37 1-2 Fret not thyself because of evildoers,
neither be thou envious against the workers of
iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the
grass, and wither as the green herb.
If someone hurts you, put it in God’s Hands.
He will punish them and bless you.
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7. 25:27 (Abigail)And
now this blessing
which thine handmaid hath
brought unto my lord, let it even
be given unto the young men
that follow my lord. 28 I pray A sure house:
thee, forgive the trespass of God would estab-
thine handmaid: for the LORD lish David’s king-
will certainly make my lord a dom and keep it.
sure house; because my lord
fighteth the battles of the LORD,
and evil hath not been found in
thee all thy days.
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8. 29 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy
soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the
bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls
of thine enemies, them shall He sling out, as out of
the middle of a sling.
To be in God’s Bundle of
Life is to be safe and well.
Those whom God slings
out shall perish.
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9. 30-31 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall
have done to my lord according to all the good that
He hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have
appointed thee ruler over Israel; That this shall be
no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my
lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or
that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the
LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then
remember thine handmaid.
David would be king, and the slaughter of
“THE FOOL” and his men would have been a
black day in David’s history.
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10. When tempted to sin, think of the future.
An act of passion committed in the heat of the
moment, will look differently looking back on it.
Anger or Revenge Pleasure Words
“I wish I hadn’t done that.”
Too late!
We can’t take back words spoken or deeds done.
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11. 32 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD
God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
33 And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou,
which hast kept me this day from coming to shed
blood, and from avenging myself with mine own
hand. A Good heart produces good.
Abigail was a good woman with good motives,
and she would be blessed of the Lord.
She had caused David to think of consequences,
and turned him from the path of evil
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12. 34 For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel
liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee,
except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me,
surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the
morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
David was on the path of murder.
This action against “The Fool” was murder
for the sake of revenge.
Nabal’s men were shepherds, not soldiers.
They could not have defended themselves.
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13. 35 So David received of her hand that which she
had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace
to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice,
and have accepted thy person.
David reassured Abigail that he would do no
harm to her or her household.
God used this good woman to save David from
his own anger and rash actions.
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14. 36 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held
a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and
Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was
very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less
or more, until the morning light.
Abigail knew a Truth: you can’t reason with a
drunk while he’s drunk.
So, she didn’t even try.
Abigail just stayed quiet while “The Fool” was drunk.
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15. 37-38 Butit came to pass in the morning, when the
wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told
him these things, that his heart died within him,
and he became as a stone. And it came to pass
about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal,
that he died.
His narrow escape so shocked Nabal that he
had a heart attack right then,
And died within ten days.
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16. I told you that God would deal with Nabal.
A wise and good woman married to a
fool, and she just put it into God’s Hands.
She didn’t nag or fuss or cuss.
She did the right thing and then
trusted God.
Wait on God!
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17. 39a And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he
said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the
cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and
hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath
returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own
head. God did it!
Will you let go and let God?
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18. 39b And David sent and communed with Abigail, to
take her to him to wife. 40 And when the servants of
David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake
unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take
thee to him to wife.
But not until Nabal was dead!!!
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19. 41 And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to
the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a
servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
42 And Abigail hasted, and arose and rode upon an
ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her;
and she went after the messengers of David, and
became his wife.
It occurs to me that Abigail was a rich widow.
I wonder if she brought her wealth with her as
she married David.
The Bible doesn’t say either way.
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20. 43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they
were also both of them his wives. 44 But Saul had
given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti
the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.
To have more than one wife was never in
God’s Plan for a man.
David followed custom here;
Not the Law of God.
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21. Deuteronomy 17:17 (NIV) He (any king of Israel)
must not take many wives, or his heart will be led
astray. He must not accumulate large amounts of
silver and gold.
Kings in that day married the daughters of
other kings, to form an alliance.
The king of Israel was to trust God alone!
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22. Genesis 2:23-24 (KJV) And Adam said, This is
now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she
shall be called Woman, because she was taken out
of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and
his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they
shall be one flesh.
That can only be true with one mate.
The lesson today is trust God enough to
“Let go and let God” handle your life.
He did for David and for Abigail,
And He will for you. 22