She Acted With Discretion - "Blessed Be Your Sensibleness"

 In a way, we have already seen Abigail take the first step toward righting this terrible wrong.  Unlike her husband, Nabal, she proved willing to listen. As for bringing the matter to Nabal, the young servant said of him:  "He is too much of a good-for-nothing fellow o speak to him." (1 Samuel 25:17)  Tragically, Nabal's view of his own importance rendered him unwilling to listen.  Such arrogance is all too common even to this day.  But the young man knew Abigail to be different, which is no doubt why he approached her with this problem.

Abigail thought and acted quickly.  "At once Abigail hastened,"  we read. Four times in this one account we find the same verb,  "to hasten," used regarding this woman.  She prepared a generous gift for David and his men.   It included bread, wine, sheep, roasted grain, cakes of raisins, and cakes of figs.  Clearly, Abigail knew well what she had and was thoroughly in charge of her  household responsibilities, much like the capable wife later described in the book of Proverbs.  (Proverbs 31:10-31) She sent the provisions ahead with some of her servants, then followed alone.  "But, we read, to her husband she told nothing." - 1 SAMUEL 25:18, 19. 

Does this mean that Abigail was rebelling against her husband's rightful  headship?  No; keep in mind that Nabal had acted  wickedly against an anointed servant of Jehovah, an action that could well result in death for many innocent members of Nabal's  household.  If Abigail failed to act, might she become a sharer in her husband's guilt?  In this case, she to put submission to her God ahead of submission to her husband. 

Next time: She Acted With Discretion - Conclusion of "Blessed Be Your Sensibleness" 

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