“Blessed be the LORD God…which sent thee…And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou.” Abigail’s admonishment kept David from taking a terrible turn in his life. The fact that the Lord used a “weaker vessel” to reprove David did not stop him from heeding her words. He recognized God's use of different instruments to checkmate his plans.
David did not only take this wise reproof patiently, but thankfully. This is seen in his trio of blessings. First, and foremost, for God bringing it, then for the advice itself, and finally for the one who gave it. How different he was from blinded Balaam, whose “…anger was kindled” against the very one who was attempting to help him. Is it not interesting, indeed, that God used a feminine gender to stop David, and also to halt Balaam? (Num.22:23, 25, 25, 27, 28, 33).
Whether it is her, him, them, or it, the issue is, “Is it the Lord speaking?”
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