Peter Roselle: Your Life is Bound in the Bundle of the Living (1 Samuel 25:29)
Channel: King of Kings Worship Center
Date: 08/04/2021

Peter Roselle: Your Life is Bound in the Bundle of the Living (1 Samuel 25:29)
In 1 Samuel 25:28-29 we see a beautiful example of a holy moment when God uses Abigail as a representation of Holy Spirit’s guidance in our lives. David was about to commit a grievous sin, but Abigail’s intervention prevented disaster. Part of her advice to David was, “The Lord will certainly make for my lord an enduring house, because my lord fights the battles of the Lord, and evil is not found in you throughout your days. 29 Yet a man has risen to pursue you and seek your life, but the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with the Lord your God; and the lives of your enemies He shall sling out.”

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This is the quote from Matthew 6:12 which is in the Lord's prayer, in the Passion Translation: "Forgive us the wrongs we have done Lord, as we ourselves release forgiveness to those who have wronged us." It can be hard to associate that with our daily lives. Remember the story that Jesus told of the man who was forgiven a large debt, and then he went down and chased the guy that owed him money and showed no mercy on that man. 

That is not the Kingdom of God. This is a fine line that we're walking because we're not saying that people should just be allowed to take advantage of you. Think of the scene in the movie, "Les Mis." Hugh Jackman steals some silver from the priest. He gets caught by the police, the police bring him back to the priest expecting the priest to press charges. In that moment, you see a little twinkle in the priest’s eye, and he says, "No, you're going to learn about Jehovah Sneaky, Hugh Jackman." 

The priest says, "No, I'm not going to press charges, I gave them the silver. In fact, he left before I could give this one too.” He brings it and hands it to Hugh Jackman. Everyone knows what is going on but the priest refuses to press charges. That is God’s kingdom – you don’t get what you deserve but you need to be grateful and pay that mercy forward towards others.

I wasn't taught to show mercy to somebody because, “it's a cold cruel world” and, “do it to them before they do it to you.” Let’s look at the biblical illustration of Holy Spirit’s intervention in our lives as pictured in the life of a woman named Abigail who we first meet in 1 Samuel 25. I'm going to present her as a picture of the Holy spirit for us today. Holy spirit is the divine nature of God dwelling voluntarily inside us. He doesn't force himself on us but holds on to us and refuses to let go when we try to reject Him.

He flourishes where He is welcomed. That is the picture I see with this woman Abigail. In 1 Samuel 25, David had been on the run from Saul. A savory group of people had joined David, that we might call the outcasts of the society. He turned them into warriors – which is a great picture of the church, right? 

While they were on the run, they were protecting the flocks of a man named Nabal. David sent his servants, which was the customary thing to do say, "Hey, it's time for the harvest. And it's time for you to show your appreciation that we protected your people." Nabal, who was married to Abigail, refused to show his appreciation. When David's men returned and told him that Nabal had said no, David snapped. We know he snapped because the first thing he said was, "Strap on your swords." 

He did not pray and consult the Lord about what he should do, he just snapped and went to a war-time mindset. We've all been here, I'm guessing, right? It's just that final little straw that breaks the camel's back. Whatever frustration you were holding onto just explodes, and you hand over control of your life to your emotions - you've bexen hijacked. 

We’ve got to be really careful to recognize when the enemy is getting us into that place. David is in full hijack mode right now and says "Strap on your swords." When you give an anointed person power and they misuse the power, in can be a real Frankenstein story - and that's who David was at this moment. Abigail recognizes what is going on and seizes the moment to get supplies and rush out to intercept David on his way to destroy her home.

David's saying to himself, "It looks as though we protected everything this guy owns, so that he lost none of the things belonging to him. We did this for nothing. We did him a good turn, and now he rewards us with evil."