When The Christian Gets Ticked Off. Part [11] 07/28/2025 (Evening thought)

1st Samuel 25:12 So David's young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings. 13 And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.

[2] Be very careful of acting on impulse whenever a person does you wrong, or answers you in a manner that is derogatory.  Impulse disregards deep thought and prayerfulness, and is driven strictly by the heat of the moment and by present circumstances. You will notice that David didn’t take time to pray in the narrative, because he had gotten so riled up by Nabal’s negative response that humble prayer to God went completely out the window.

Impulse disregards deep thought and prayerfulness, and is driven strictly by the heat of the moment and by present circumstances. You will notice that David didn’t take time to pray in the narrative, because he had gotten so riled up by Nabal’s negative response that humble prayer to God went completely out the window. We have observed over a period many years, that it is much more difficult to stop and pray when your adrenaline is pumping, than when you are seated in church singing “Does Jesus care.”

It could be pretty rough, but it is always advisable to take some time out just to pray, and cool down. You will be surprised at the difference it will make, for if David had done so, it’s almost certain that God would never have directed him to go kill out every person that pertained to Nabal. Not happening. So, yes, the Bible strongly advises us to pray, especially when we may not feel like doing so.

Psalms 142: I cried unto the Lord with my voice; with my voice unto the Lord did I make my supplication. 2 I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!

When The Christian Gets Ticked Off. Part [10] 07/27/2025 (Morning thought)

Proverbs 24: 17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falls, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbles; 18 Lest the Lord see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. 29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

There are times when, in speaking to some persons, they may make a reference to slavery if the Christian being spoken to is of African descent. This naturally triggers bad feelings and deep emotions that stir up a can of worms, if we are not girded with the grace of Christ. When Nabal brought up the scenario of a slave and his master, in reference to David, it hit a raw nerve.

And David, who previously had done very well in not seeking revenge against Saul now blew several fuses and immediately switched into revenge mode. In other words, he then and there determined that Nabal would pay a high price for disrespecting him and his men in such a loathsome manner, and David decided to destroy all that pertained to Nabal, with the edge of the sword.

The Christian in our day must avoid, by the grace of God, being driven to extremes when persons in high and low places may make derogatory remarks about the marginalized and disenfranchised. In our fallen nature it is so easy to switch to revenge mode, and hope that these fools will pay a stiff price for all the nastiness that oozes from their mouths as it pertains to those who are in the lower echelons of society, or may be of a different race or creed.

 1st Peter 3: 9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. 10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!