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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 2 of 5
1 Samuel 25:18-31
"They rewarded me evil for good," David could say in Psalms 35:12. This is just what Nabal was doing. Saul had already done this as he himself realized in the preceding chapter, "Thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil" (1 Samuel 24:17). But this time David does not return good. In a fit of anger, the offended captain girds on his sword for vengeance. He no longer resembles the perfect Model "who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously" (1 Peter 2:23).
In Nabal’s house, wisdom and foolishness dwelt side by side. The foolishness was shown by the mouth of the unbelieving Nabal (whose name means fool). Now wisdom intervenes in her turn by means of the believing Abigail, a woman of good understanding (v. 3). With her presents, she comes to meet the one she recognizes as the LORD’s anointed. She bows low, confesses her unworthiness and extols the present and future glories which her faith has discerned in God’s king. We see that foolishness and unbelief go hand in hand just as also true wisdom is inseparable from faith.
