Nabal answered David’s servants, “Who is this David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants are breaking away from their masters these days. Why should I take my bread and water, and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give it to men coming from who knows where?”
1 Samuel 25:10-11
Then in the morning, when Nabal was sober, his wife told him all these things, and his heart failed him and he became like a stone. About ten days later, the Lord struck Nabal and he died.
1 Samuel 25:37-39
When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Praise be to the Lord, who has upheld my cause against Nabal for treating me with contempt. He has kept his servant from doing wrong and has brought Nabal’s wrongdoing down on his own head.”
Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.
I’m sure everyone has faced some form of rejection, big or small. I certainly have, and many of those times have resulted in tears and sleepless nights.
But today’s story is about how David got rejected by Nabal despite approaching him nicely. The Lord then dealt with Nabal.
My takeaway from this story is that whenever we face rejection in life, we must pray to God and let God. Yesterday, we learned that revenge is for the Lord and not ours to take. Today’s reading demonstrates that God takes over.
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