As the Lord blesses, so He takes

             Abigail's strength was portrayed in her role as a married woman to a stringent husband. 

This thought would simply call for me to openly discuss about right manners of a married woman in front of a single irresistible future king-to-be David who just happened to pass by your courtyards to kill all of you because your husband would not even spare any of its festive occasion on food and merriments.

You can say, sort of a secret gate crashers which the Lord sometimes eavesdrop on some random occasion & uses this opportune time to bless or curse, to test the real state of your heart. Are you stringent or obedient to the call of God? 

In this case, the servant did not hide David's name from Nabal. It was also told modestly when the servant said to Nabal: "Please give your servants & your son David whatever you can." 

These three words "your son David" meant everything to God. It is very humble & courteous sort of like... they courted Nabal to send them "whatever" provisions his heart might have to spare David... 

Nabal could have sent a just right or more than what it asked. But that never happened. Nabal was a truly selfish stringent rich lord and it was just confirmed when David crossed his path.

Nabal obviously heard the call of God. The name of David spells the name of God in their time as he probably mostly heard David fleeing from King Saul to protect his life and David obeying God's command for him to take over its kingdom. Yet, as if Nabal does not need anything from God's servant because everything was provided for him out of God's goodness. Nabal failed to acknowledge God in his divine encounter with David. So God brought upon judgment on Nabal that even his most precious wife would be handed over to none other than God's own heart servant David. 

This is a call to teach every husband whether in lack or abundance, to heed to God and listen to his plea at times his servants ask him to provide whatever is at hand and prevent God's people from doing more harm. Protecting them is like giving a shield to God to become good and pass through any harm, no harm shall befall its household & avoid this...

As the Lord blesses, so He takes.

AC

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