Godly Council

Today's Verse is I 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. 

Abigail, a woman known for the wisdom which he had here displayed. This event, and the request that Abigail here makes of David, shapes the rest of his life.  David has been known to often turn the other cheek, and to allow God to fight his battles, never avenging himself of those that rise up against him. I believe it is because of Abigail here that this is so, for here we see the core of her admonishment to David, is something that he lives by for the rest of his life. Let us therefore, when we find those in whose wisdom comes Godly council, to bring them close to us and abide by their council.

To God be the Glory
Scott