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would you rather be married to a fool or

would you rather speak to a prince

I believe you can be that woman who

draws out the noble purposes of the men

in her life who draws out the noble

purposes of the friends in her life

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I want to talk to you about being that

woman who knows what she has being that

woman who walks in wisdom and I can’t

think of a better woman to pull from

than Abigail I’m going to unpack a

little bit of the story some things you

might not have seen before to give you a

little bit of context of David’s mood

and what was going on first of all we

find out in first Samuel 24 that David

has just proven his innocence to Saul he

has just had a chance to kill Saul and

he doesn’t kill him and Saul’s going you

know what you’re more noble than me

you’re more Godly God’s hand is on your

life to rule I’m sorry please don’t kill

all of my relatives and David’s like

honorably discharges them says I won’t

and then at the beginning of chapter 25

we find out that Samuel has died now

Samuel was the prophet that anointed

David as king So now we’ve got Saul that

has said okay one day you’re going to be

king then we’ve got Samuel that has died

and we find David he’s in the wilderness

he’s watching over the sheep and the the

lands of a a wicked but extremely

prosperous man named nabel nabel was

ridiculously Rich he had 3 000 sheep and

a thousand goats and it was sheep

shearing time in Carmel and he has

getting ready to have a feast now this

is what it says about nabel it said that

he was a fool and but his wife was

Abigail and the woman was intelligent

and good looking

just as much so as the man was mean and

British so what happens is David sends

some of his guys in and asked can we

take part of your sheep sharing Feast

we’re out here in this Wilderness we’ve

made sure no harm has come to you can

our guys just come and be part of the

feast but nabel’s like who is this son

of Jesse a bunch of slaves are running

away from their masters no way he can’t

be part of this sheep cheering festival

and he insults David’s character he

insults David’s men and David is so

frustrated they get back and in verse 13

of first Samuel 25 it said David said

strap on your swords they all strapped

on their swords David and his men they

set out 400 of them

200 stayed behind to guard the camp

meanwhile one of the young shepherds

told Abigail nabel’s wife what had

happened David sent Messengers from the

back country to salute our masters but

he tore into them with insults yet these

men treated us very well they took

nothing from us and didn’t take

advantage of us all the time we were in

the fields they formed a wall around us

protecting us day and night all the time

we were out tending the Sheep do

something quickly Abigail because big

trouble is ahead for our master and all

of us nobody can talk to him he is

impossible a real Brute now here’s the

situation I was Abigail I would be like

wow you know what maybe I’ll go over to

one of the neighbors farms for this

night because I don’t really like my

husband my husband’s an idiot he’s

insulted he’s brought this on his own

head but Abigail understood that the

Judgment wasn’t going to just fall on

her husband it was going to fall on her

household

Bible says that Abigail flew into action

she took 200 loaves of bread two skins

of one five sheep dressed out ready for

cooking a bushel of roasted grain 100

raisin cakes and 200 fig cakes and she

had it all loaded on some donkeys then

she said to her young servant go ahead

and pave the way for me I’m right behind

you but she said nothing to her husband

nabel now a lot of people might say

what how dare she take all of this stuff

from the feast knowing that nabel did

not want David to celebrate well Abigail

understood something that a lot of women

don’t understand she had a portion to

give this wasn’t just his household this

was also her household and she was going

to honor what was honorable even if her

husband behaved dishonorable as she was

riding her donkey descending into the

Ravine David and his men were descending

from the other end so they met there on

the road David was had just said that

sure was a waste guarding everything

that man had out in the wild so that

nothing had nothing he had was lost and

now he rewards me with insults a real

slap in the face may God do his worst to

me if nabel and every Cur which would

mean men in his misbegotten brood isn’t

dead meat by morning as soon as Abigail

saw David she got off her donkey fell on

her knees at his feet her face to the

ground and homage saying my master let

me take the blame let me speak to you

listen to what I have to say another

version says let me whisper in your ear

she goes on and say don’t dwell on what

that brute nabel did he acts out the

meaning of his name nabel fool

foolishness oozes from him I wasn’t

there when the young men my master sent

arrived I didn’t see them and now my

master as God lives and as you live God

has kept you from this avenging murder

and may your enemies all who seek my

Master’s harm end up like nabel now take

this gift that I your servant girl have

brought to my master and give it to the

young men who follow in the steps of my

master forgive my presumption but God is

at work in my master developing a rule

solid and dependable my master fights

God’s battles as long as you live no

evil will stick to you

what is she doing

first she’s using wisdom to position

nabel below David’s notice

second she’s using wisdom to reposition

David’s Focus back on God she’s saying

hey hey you don’t want this blood on

your hands you don’t want to act like

Saul and be somebody that executes

judgment on their own behalf God is

fighting on your behalf come on David

this is what you need to remember what

are the promises of God on your life you

do not want this reproach on you you do

not want to take things in your own hand

when God is getting ready to position

you with his hand Wise Women know how to

speak to men she didn’t shame him in

front of his men she didn’t say hey you

better stop this right now you’re going

to destroy everything God’s setting you

up for no

she whispered in his ear

she Drew out the righteousness of David

Wise Women know how to speak to the

prince and a man they know how to speak

to the nobility in a man and because

Abigail used her words rightly not only

did David not Avenge the insult but her

husband when she went home and told him

about it said his heart turned to stone

and he died

and it wasn’t long before Abigail became

one of David’s wives now I don’t know

about you would you rather be married to

a fool or would you rather speak to a

prince

I believe you can be that woman who

draws out the noble purposes of the men

in her life who draws out the noble

purposes of the friends in her life I

need you to be that woman who

understands what is in her charge what

is in her care what she has to give that

you would open the door with generosity

and then you would speak with wisdom be

that woman