Today I read 1 Samuel 25 and I got to say, it would appear that David has quite the temper. The story of this chapter is that David came across a man named Nabal's shepherds in the field and protected them for a few days. He then sent some servants out to Nabal himself to ask for some provisions to aid them since Nabal was very wealthy. When Nabal rebuffed them, David prepares to kill every man in his household as revenge.
This is a horrible thing to do and I can't understand why David is wanting to kill so many for one man's folly. It just makes no sense when he is so kind and upright about not hurting Saul. But the only reason he does not carry out his plan is because Nabal's wife hears what happened and comes out with provisions to placate David. I just don't understand it. Even if he was furious with Nabal, why would David want to kill all the men in his household? Why not just Nabal? Thank goodness for a good upright woman like Abigail, Nabal's wife, who put her life in the hands of God to try and forestall David. To me this story is really about Abigail and the strength and faith she had to go out and meet these men, because if we focus on the other aspect of the story, it is just sad and depressing that David had so little control over his temper. Until tomorrow.
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