A Kingdom Not Built On Blood

1 Samuel 25, starting at verse 1.

And he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

The name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife, Abigail.

And she was a woman of good understanding and beautiful appearance.

And the man was harsh and evil in his doings.

He was of the house of Caleb.

When David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep,

David sent ten young men.

And David said to the young men,

Go up to Carmel, go to Nabal, and greet him in my name.

And thus you shall say to him who lives in prosperity,

Peace be to you, peace to your house, and peace to all that you have.

Now I have heard that you have shearers,

and your shepherds were with us, and we did not hurt them,

nor was there anything missing from them.

All the while they were in Carmel.

Ask your young men.

Then they will tell you,

Therefore let my young men find favor in your eyes,

for we come on a feast day.

Please give whatever comes to your hand to your servants and to your son, David.

So when David's young men came,

they spoke to Nabal according to all these words in the name of David and waited.

Then Nabal answered David's servants and said,

Who is David?

And who is this son of Jesse?

There are many servants nowadays who break away each one from his master.

Shall I then take my bread and my water and my meat that I have killed for my shears and give them

when I do not know where they are from?

So David's young men turned on their heels and went back,

and they came and told all these words.

Then David said to his men,

Every man gird his sword.

So every man girded his sword,

and David also girded on his sword.

And about 400 men went with David,

and 200 stayed with the supplies.

Now one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying,

Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet your master,

and he reviled them.

But the men were very good to us,

and we were not hurt, nor did we miss anything,

as long as we accompanied them when we were in the fields.

They were a wall to us,

both by night and day,

all the time we were with them,

keeping the sheep.

Now therefore know and consider what you will do.

For harm is determined against our master

and against all his household,

for he is such a scoundrel that no one can speak to him.

Then Abigail made haste and took 200 loaves of bread,

two skins of wine,

five sheep already dressed,

five sayas of roasted grain,

100 clusters of raisins,

and 200 cakes of figs,

and loaded them on donkeys.

And after she said to her servants,

Go on before me,

and I am coming after you.

But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

So it was, as she rode on the donkey,

that she went down under cover of the hill,

and there were David and his men

coming down toward her,

and she met them.

Now David had said,

Surely in vain I have protected

all that this fellow has in the wilderness,

so that nothing was missing

of all that belongs to him,

and he has repaid me evil for good.

May God do so,

and more also to the enemies of David,

if I leave one male

of all who belong to him by morning light.

Now when Abigail saw David,

she dismounted quickly from the donkey,

fell on her face before David,

and bowed down to the ground.

So she fell at his feet and said,

On me, my Lord,

on me let this iniquity be.

And please let your maidservant

speak in your ears,

and hear the words of your maidservant.

Please let not my Lord

regard this scoundrel Nabal.

For as his name is,

so is he.

Nabal is his name,

and folly is with him.

But I, your maidservant,

did not see the young men of my Lord,

whom you sent.

Now therefore, my Lord,

as the Lord lives,

and as your soul lives,

since the Lord has held you back

from coming to bloodshed,

and from avenging yourself

with your own hand,

now then let your enemies

and those who seek harm

for my Lord be as Nabal.

And now this present,

which your maidservant

has brought to my Lord,

let it be given to the young men

who follow my Lord.

Please forgive the trespass

of your maidservant,

for the Lord will certainly

make my Lord an enduring house,

because my Lord fights

the battles of the Lord,

and evil is not found in you

throughout your days.

Yet a man has risen to pursue you.

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

from the pocket of a sling,

and it shall come to pass

when the Lord has done

for my Lord according

to all the good

that he has spoken concerning you,

and has appointed you ruler

over Israel,

that this will be no grief to you,

nor offense of the heart

to my Lord,

either that you have shed blood

without cause,

or that my Lord

has avenged himself.

But when the Lord

has dealt with my Lord,

then remember your maidservant.

Then David said to Abigail,

blessed is the Lord God of Israel

who sent you this day

to meet me.

And blessed is your advice,

and blessed are you

because you have kept me this day

from coming to bloodshed

and avenging myself

with my own hand.

For indeed,

as the Lord God of Israel lives,

who has kept me back

from hurting you,

unless you had hurried

and come to meet me,

surely by morning light

no males would have been left

to Nabal.

So David received from her hand

what she had brought him

and said to her,

go up in peace to your house,

see,

I have heeded your voice

and respected your person.

So Abigail went to Nabal

and there he was

holding a feast in his house

like the feast of a king.

And Nabal's heart was merry with him

and he was very drunk.

Therefore,

she told him nothing,

little or much,

until morning light.

So it was in the morning

when the wine had gone from Nabal

and his wife had told him

these things that his heart

died within him

and he became like a stone.

Then it happened

after about 10 days

that the Lord struck Nabal

and he died.

So when David heard that Nabal was dead,

he said,

blessed be the Lord

who has pleaded the cause

of my reproach

from the hand of Nabal

and has kept his servant

from evil.

For the Lord has returned

the wickedness of Nabal

on his own head.

And David sent the proposal

to Abigail

to take her as his wife.

When the servants of David

had come to Abigail at Carmel,

they spoke to her saying,

David sent us to you

to ask you

to become his wife.

Then she arose,

bowed her face to the earth

and said,

here is your maidservant,

a servant to wash the feet

of the servants of my Lord.

So Abigail rose in haste

and rode on a donkey

attended by five of her maidens.

And she followed

the messengers of David

and became his wife.

David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel.

And so both of them

were his wives.

But Saul had given Michal,

his daughter,

David's wife to Palti,

the son of Laish,

who is from Gallim.

The word of God

for the people of God.

Thanks be to God.

Please be seated.

Let's pray.

Lord, we ask that by your power,

your word will be like a mirror.

Your word will cause us

to see who we are

before you,

God our creator

and our great need

for Jesus Christ.

We ask, Lord,

that your Holy Spirit

will take the word of God,

the sword of the Spirit,

and pierce into our souls

and do the work

of a surgeon, Lord.

Whatever needs done

according to your will

in each of our lives,

that you will apply

your truth with power

to our hearts

in a way that only

you can do.

We ask this for Christ's sake

and for your glory.

Amen.

Well, we live in a very

messed up world,

don't we?

This world

of first Sam of 25

was very messed up

in many ways.

We know that

the natural law,

the law that God has put

on all of his image bearers,

it causes us to react

when things are not right.

So let me ask you this question,

which has made your blood

boil recently?

Injustice,

pride,

greed,

people trying to act

as a king or queen

of their little fiefdom

or retaliation.

Well, we're going to get

all of these and more

in the verses

that we have today.

1 Samuel 25.

And these are

a dark backdrop

that only expose

the glory,

the diamond

of the gospel

of Jesus Christ

all the brighter.

The purpose of this chapter

is to cause us

to not look to this world

or to put our hope in man,

but to elevate our thoughts

by faith in the kingdom

of Jesus Christ.

So the sermon title

for today is

A Kingdom

Not Built on Blood.

I believe this is

one of the great revelations

for us

of the coming kingdom

of Jesus Christ,

a kingdom

not built

on blood.

Let's begin

by observing

the first set

of verses,

verses 1 through 9.

When we talk

of the kingdom

of God

coming

to earth,

we see this

prefigured in some ways

with this wilderness kingdom

that God has set up

with David.

While they're poor,

while they don't have food

to feed this army,

this first observation

I want to bring to you

is that resources

are not the problem.

In the coming

of the kingdom,

resources are not

the problem.

Look at verse 1.

Then Samuel died,

and the Israelites

gathered together

and lamented for him

and buried him

at his home

in Ramah.

Remember,

Ramah was to the north

and east,

and David

has been hiding

out in the deep

south of Judah.

We're told

that Israel

gathered

and lamented

and mourned

the death

of Samuel.

We're not told

explicitly

whether David

is there

or Saul

is there,

but Israel

is represented.

And we are told

that next,

David arose.

So we get the sense

even if he's not

right next to Saul

or the action,

he's part of this

lamenting corporately

with the nation.

The death of Samuel,

the man

who God used

to anoint kings.

We call him

a king maker,

the one who God

would use to Messiah,

the next ruler

of God's own people.

And he was the last judge.

He was this transitional

figure

leading into the monarchy.

And even though

they're up in the mountains

of Ramah

where Samuel lived

and the school

of the prophets

was the last scene

where we saw Samuel,

we're told

David then arose.

So even if he's

in the mountaintops,

his soul

and his spirit

is low.

He has to get up

in order to travel.

And he goes back

to the deep south.

Some translations

combine these words,

the name of the village,

which is Maon,

and the name

of the region,

the desert,

which is Paran.

Paran is a large

desert region

much further south.

But sometimes

the name of that region

would be used

to describe

that entire

southern desert

starting from

just a few miles

south of Maon,

the village.

In verse 2 we read,

there was a man

in Maon

whose business

was in Carmel.

These two towns

were very close

to one another,

just about a mile

away.

So it makes sense.

You have your home

and your household

and you live here,

but you have these

wonderful fields

that are fertile

and rugged,

a great place

to keep your

massive herds

of sheep

and goats

in the nearby town

of Carmel.

We're told.

We're told the man

was very rich

and he had

3,000 sheep

and 1,000 goats

and he was

shearing his sheep

in the town

where his business

was.

It's called Carmel.

It's not Mount Carmel

from other famous stories,

but it is an important

hub in southern

part of Israel

in Judah

and it's the same

town

as 1 Samuel 15

where King Saul

built a monument

for himself.

Do you remember

that story?

God gives a great victory

and Saul

takes the credit

and the glory

for God's victory

by building a monument

for himself

in this very same town

marking out

his kingdom

and trying to preserve

his name.

So if you are

this man,

Nabal

and his whole household,

every day

you have that visual

reminder

Saul is king.

You could say

he's like the patron

of this town

if we're thriving

in our agriculture

and we think like pagans,

we give glory to Saul

for our success here.

He's the one

with the monument.

This town

most likely

supported Saul's kingdom

and he could use

his army,

the army of Israel

to protect their businesses

and keep the enemies away.

It was most likely

a win-win relationship.

And this fool

that lived there,

his name was Nabal,

which means exactly that,

fool.

I don't know

what kind of parents

named their children that.

We don't recommend that.

But this was his name.

And the name of his wife

was Abigail.

Abigail has a very

significant meaning

as well.

It can mean

either the joy

of her father

or

she rejoices

with her father.

It's the word

father and joy

put together.

And she was a woman

of good understanding,

we're told,

and beautiful appearance.

But the man was harsh

and evil

in his doings.

We have a sharp contrast

set up.

It's a divided household,

husband and wife.

One is the opposite

of the other.

We're told he was

of the house

of Caleb.

Caleb was

in the southern region

absorbed into Judah.

we're not told

much more about this man,

but the word Caleb

in Hebrew

sounds a lot like

the word for dog.

And so even in just

the first three verses,

we have quite

a lot of information

about Nabal.

Verse four tells us,

when David heard

in the wilderness

that Nabal

was shearing his sheep,

David sent

his young men

and they said to them,

go up to Carmel,

go to Nabal,

greet him in my name.

And verse six,

thus you shall say to him,

who lives in prosperity.

Shalom be to you.

Shalom to your house.

Shalom to all

that you have.

David comes bringing

shalom,

bringing peace.

It's the greeting

that Jonathan,

the blessing Jonathan

gave David.

He's passing this on

to this man

whom God has blessed.

In verse seven,

he begins his request.

He says,

I have heard

that you have shears.

This is something

that doesn't mean

a lot to us

who buy our clothes

with a few clicks

on a phone.

We have no idea

where the fabric

comes from.

But in the ancient

Near East,

shearing season

was like harvest time

for those who owned

flocks.

It was a time

to cash in

your investment.

You get to liquidate

your assets

when it's

shearing season.

Think about that.

Here's your,

here's your walking

bank account.

These 3,000 sheep

and goats.

1,000 goats.

You fed them.

You've cared for them.

You've protected them.

And as you're doing that,

their wool

is slowly growing

little by little

each day.

So when you harvest

the wool,

you are raking in

that investment.

And it was customary

just like

the first fruits

of a great harvest

if you're a farmer.

It was customary

for those who own flocks

to bring in the shears

and celebrate

God's provision.

It was a time

of abundance.

David even referred

to him as a man

who lives in prosperity.

And you're to thank

those who helped

make this great harvest

happen.

It was a time

of generosity,

celebration,

and gratitude.

If you were traveling

through or if you were

poor,

you also had rights

in the kingdom of God

protected by the civil law

to glean,

to take some

that you would need

to survive.

This was one

of God's mercies

through his civil law.

And so,

if your shepherds

were in charge

of these flocks,

and here David's men

are watching over them

day and night,

they were contributing

to the success

of this great

sheathing feast.

We're told in verse 7,

David asks,

there was nothing

missing from them

while they were in Carmel.

See,

we were in a position

of power.

We could have easily

just taken some

and fed ourselves,

but we're doing this

in a customary,

proper way.

We're coming

and asking you

as the head

of the household

to feed these poor servants

who also contributed

to preserving

your assets.

In verse 8,

he says,

ask your young men

and they will tell you.

We were here

taking care.

Therefore,

let my young men

find favor in your eyes,

for we come

on a feast day.

David's reminding Nabal,

we were patient.

We waited for the

appropriate time

to make this request.

And even the request

is very modest.

He says,

please give whatever

comes to your hand.

Anything you can find,

he's saying,

to your servants

and to your son,

David.

He's putting himself

below Nabal

at his mercy.

Verse 9,

so when David's men came,

they spoke to Nabal

according to all these words

in the name of David

and waited.

It seems like the problem

for the kingdom

in the wilderness

is resources,

doesn't it?

They don't have

the basic supply

to feed the army

and to keep going.

It'd be very easy

from that position

of worldly weakness

to covet

what is seemingly

in abundance

in the world

and to think

if only we had

this,

then we could

really advance

the kingdom.

If only God

would put some

of that into our hands,

we could steward

his so much better.

And by doing that,

we're believing

something false,

that resources

are the real problem.

God's kingdom

is a kingdom

of abundance.

He owns

all the cattle

on a thousand hills,

which is poetic language

to say

God owns everything.

Resources

are never

the problem

in God's kingdom.

second observation.

And I'll give you

the second and third

back to back.

Second is this,

that it's what

the proud

in heart deserve.

We get a picture

of that next.

What did the proud

in heart deserve?

But then right after

that we get

what the proud

do not deserve.

So listen for those two.

First,

here's what the proud

in heart deserve,

starting at verse 10.

Then Nabal

answered David's servants

and said,

who is David?

And who is

this son of Jesse?

That's Nabal's

way of saying,

David,

your master

is a nobody.

He says,

there are many

servants nowadays

who break away

each from his master.

He's calling David

a common

runaway slave.

He says,

Saul

is David's

real master.

And you are not

a man of integrity,

David.

You're disloyal

to Saul.

Why do you expect

special treatment

from me?

That's what Nabal

is saying.

Verse 11,

shall I then

take my bread

and my water

and my meat

that I have killed

for my shears

and give it to men

who I do not know

where they are from?

Remember,

he's in Judah.

David has

this vast army,

600 men

who have been

all around Judah.

And the servants

in Nabal's household

they know very well

who David

and his men are.

And so does Abigail.

I think these words

are disingenuous.

I think it's a slap

in the face.

And here we have

a wonderful illustration

of what we read

in the Proverbs.

And as I studied

various Proverbs,

I just started to see

Proverbs 11

captures this whole chapter.

So I'm going to give you

many snippets

from Proverbs 11.

And this is just

such an illustration

of these truths.

Proverbs 11 verse 9 says,

Proverbs 11:9

With his mouth,

the godless man,

Nabal,

would destroy his neighbor.

But by knowledge,

the righteous

are delivered.

Whoever belittles

his neighbor

lacks sense.

But a man of understanding

remains silent.

Can't you almost hear

Nabal's servants

and all the household

embarrassed for him?

He's mocking this man

who everyone knows

he may be the next

king of Israel

if God's promises

come true.

In verse 12,

we're told,

So David's young men

turned on their heels

and went back.

This is the language

for when an army retreats.

Quick,

get out of here.

We are not welcome.

And they came

and told David

all these words.

Verse 13,

Then David said to them,

Every man

gird on his sword.

Take up your weapon,

strap it onto your belt,

and march after me.

Proverbs 11, 11,

By the blessing

of the upright,

a city is exalted,

but by the mouth

of the wicked,

it is overthrown.

The mouth of wicked Nabal

going off

is going to overthrow

his entire household.

A man who is kind

benefits himself,

but a cruel man

hurts himself.

And so we keep reading

that every man

girded his sword

and David also

girded on his sword.

About 400 men

went with David

and 200

stayed with the supplies.

Verse 14,

Now one of the young men

told Abigail,

Nabal's wife.

This servant

knows something.

He knows that

she is wise.

She is of understanding.

She can be trusted.

We are told that

no one could talk

to Nabal.

So this might have been

the path they are used

to taking.

When Nabal is

lacking common sense

and going to do

something very foolish

that is going to hurt

all of us,

go to Abigail.

It seems like she is

accustomed

to having to step in

and serve the greater cause

with such a husband.

Verse 15,

After she finds out

that these messengers

of David

were reviled.

Some translations say

Nabal yelled at them.

Then the servant

bears good witness.

He says,

The men were very good to us.

We were not hurt

nor did we miss anything

as long as we accompanied them.

He is saying

what they reported is true.

We could have easily

been picked off.

We could have lost so much.

We knew to stick with David

and his men.

They were like a wall to us.

Now verse 17,

Now therefore,

no one consider Abigail,

says the servant,

what you will do.

For harm is determined

against our master

and against all his household,

including you and me.

For he is such a scoundrel

that no one can speak to him.

Proverbs 11, 2,

When pride comes,

then comes disgrace.

But with the humble

is wisdom.

And we get to see

the wisdom of Abigail.

The stage is set for us.

Nabal has been a fool.

And he's about to get

exactly what the proud

in heart deserve.

He's about to have

400 men with their swords

coming through,

slicing and wiping out

any remnant of his household.

Anyone who could oppose David.

And what he wouldn't give,

even a small thing,

graciously,

David is about to come

and take by force.

That's what the proud

in heart deserve.

It's justice.

But look at what the proud

do not deserve.

And this is what they get

because of Abigail.

In verse 18,

Abigail made haste

and took 200 loaves of bread,

two skins of wine,

five sheep already dressed,

five sayas of roasted grain,

100 clusters of raisins,

200 cakes of figs,

and loaded them on donkeys.

And she said to her servants,

Go on before me.

See, I am coming after you.

Do you remember

when David had his 400 men,

he's going out in front.

He's leading the charge.

And the 400 are marching

in line behind him.

For Abigail,

it's inverted.

She's sending these gifts

ahead of her

to soften it.

So David will be the one

to see these coming

around the bend.

And after all these gifts,

it will be Abigail

to meet him next.

But she did not tell

her husband.

Proverbs 11, 24,

and 25 tells us

that one gives freely,

Abigail,

and grows all the richer.

And another withholds

what he should give

and only suffers want.

Nabal,

whoever brings blessing

will be enriched

and one who waters

will himself be watered.

Abigail is a picture

of wisdom for us.

In verse 20,

So it was,

as she rode on the donkey,

that she went down

under cover of the hill

and there David and his men

were coming toward her

and she met them.

Now David had said,

Surely in vain

I have protected

all that this fellow

has in the wilderness

so that nothing was missing

of all that belongs to him.

And he has repaid me

evil for good.

And look at verse 22.

David says,

A rash vow before God.

May God do so

and more also

to the enemies of David.

If I leave one male

of all who belong to him

by morning light.

We have a hint here now

foreshadowing David

has it within him

to be just like Saul.

Making rash vows,

calling on the name

of the Lord in vain.

And what he says

in verse 22

is war language.

It's something

way more crude

than our English

translations give us.

And you should come

ask me later on

what does he actually

say in Hebrew

and I'll tell the men

what he actually says.

David's rage here

was

the sin

of him

and his flesh

as a man.

David could have

done something

horrendous.

David could have been

exactly like Saul.

Remember how Saul

wiped out the priests

in the entire city.

this blood

of these innocent

people of Judah

in this moment

right now

could have been

on David's hands.

David could have

ruined

all hope

of God bringing

Judah

much less

all Israel

to follow him

as their king.

But God

limited David

even in his flesh

and God

even ordered

by his providence

what would happen.

It was God

who sent Abigail

and through her words

her truth

her wisdom

God

governed

David.

David's anger

could have ended

in a massacre

but because

the truth

was spoken to him

by God's servant

Abigail

this story ends

with David

repenting

instead.

God used

this friction

of Nabal's

falling

to fulfill

God's

holy

purpose.

And in the meantime

to bring David

low

to humble him

and refine

this future

king of Israel.

In verse 23

let's see how it

happens.

When Abigail

saw David

she dismounted

quickly from the

donkey

fell on her

face before David

and bowed down

to the ground.

Remember David

had called Nabal

he said I'm your

son

you know

we are your

servants

he had made

himself low

under Nabal.

Now Abigail

comes even lower

than David

before him.

In verse 24

she fell

at his feet

and said

on me

my lord

on me

let this

iniquity

be

the evil

of my husband

put it on me

charge it

to my account

and please

let your

maidservant

speak in your

ears

hear the words

of your

maidservant

please

let not

my lord

regard this

scoundrel

Nabal

for as

his name

is

so is

he

Nabal

is his

name

and

folly

is

with

them

but

I

your

maidservant

did not

see the

young men

of my

lord

whom

you

sent

she's

owning

her

part

if I

would

have

seen

them

going

to

talk

to

Nabal

and I

know

his

foolishness

I

would

have

intervened

quicker

and

not

let

your

men

be

reviled

so

humiliating

of a

way

verse

26

now

therefore

my

lord

as the

lord

lives

and

as

your

soul

lives

since

the

lord

has

held

you

back

from

coming

to

bloodshed

and

from

avenging

yourself

with

your

own

hand

now

then

let

your

enemies

and

those

who

seek

harm

from

my

lord

be

as

Nabal

and

now

this

present

which

your

maidservant

has

brought

to

my

lord

let

it

be

given

to

the

young

men

who

follow

my

lord

look

at

verse

28

please

forgive

the

trespass

of

your

maidservant

she

confessed

her

part

and

she

asks

his

forgiveness

for

her

part

here

abigail

!

is giving

us

a

beautiful

picture

of the

true

nature

of the

kingdom

of god

she

ultimately

gives us

a picture

of christ

himself

here's

Nabal

a wicked

man

deserving

justice

that's

you

and

me

we

are

Nabal

we

are

the

fools

we

are

the

proud

ones

and

here

comes

the

king

whose

the

sin

of

the

fool

has

offended

the

king

and

invoked

the

wrath

that's

deserved

now

on

the

fool

and

abigail

puts

herself

in

between

the

two

she

stands

as

a

lovely

mediator

the

guilt

of

the

fool

Nabal's

guilt

you're

in

my

guilt

before

god

it's

undeniable

we're

just as

proud

just as

guilty

as

adam

or

saw

or

Nabal

and

we

stand

guilty

before

the

wrath

of

the

righteous

lord

whose

kingdom

is

coming

and

the

lovely

mediator

stands

in

between

and

says

let

the

sin

let

the

ugly

foolish

disrespect

of

this

wicked

person

be

on

me

show

forgiveness

by

showing

it

through

me

taking

the

blame

the

curses

and

the

wrath

in

the

place

of

God's

enemy

see

what

Nabal

does

not

deserve

is

grace

Nabal

does

not

deserve

a

mediator

to

stand

and

to

shield

him

but

that's

what

he

gets

the

coming

kingdom

is

even

for

the

enemies

of

God

who

will

look

to

this

mediator

let

that

melt

our

hearts

and

we

respond

in

gratitude

the

next

observation

is

what

God

does

two

things

the

first

one

is

that

God's

love

restrains

our

flesh

it's

what

God

does

toward

David

and

then

the

second

one

is

that

God

will

build

his

kingdom

that's

what

he

does

through

this

vessel

David

for

all

his

people

so

God's

love

restrains

our

flesh

notice

how

God

restrains

David

in

his

flesh

through

Abigail's

words

this

is

the

longest

speech

coming

from

a

female

mouth

in

all

of

the

Old

Testament

which

means

it's

very

significant

and

there's

so

much

we

should

absorb

and

appreciate

here

Abigail

begins

by

encouraging

David

putting

courage

back

into

him

remember

he's

grieving

the loss

of

Samuel

he's

certainly

attacked

by the

enemy

and

wondering

will

God

be

faithful

to

his

covenant

or is

now

the

time

where I

take

matters

into

my

own

hands

and

she

reminds

David

of

God's

covenant

faithfulness

in

verse

28

she

says

the

Lord

will

certainly

make

for

my

Lord

an

enduring

house

that

promise

of

building

a

kingdom

through

the

family

line

of

David

it

will

come

true

believe

the

promises

of

God

she

says

because

my

my

Lord

you

David

you

fight

the

battles

of

the

Lord

and

evil

is

not

found

in

you

throughout

your

days

verse

29

that's

King

Saul

and

he

seeks

your

life

she's

saying

I'm

not

on

the

side

of

Saul

God

will

do

what

he

said

and

Saul

is

the

one

opposing

what

God

has

promised

and

she

gives

him

this

wonderful

imagery

she

says

the

life

of

my

Lord

look

at

verse

29

how

is

yours

translated

in

English

the

life

of

my

Lord

shall

be

bound

it's

literally

in

the

pouch

of

the

living

most

likely

this

is a

reference

to

shepherds

this

story

is all

about

shepherds

being

keeping

the

sheep

safe

and

this

is

David's

own

roots

this

is

maybe

why

he

had

such

compassion

and

became

a

wall

to

these

young

shepherds

of

Nabal

by

night

and

by

day

to

be

bound

in

the

pouch

of

the

living

what

a

shepherd

would

do