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TOPIC:   BELOVED, STAND IN THE GAP AS THE NEED ARISES.  WEDNESDAY AUGUST 16
TEXT:  2 Samuel 20:16-19
KEY VERSE:  A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. Proverbs 15:1.

From our reading text, we see that this woman was in the city where a stubborn man had run into. Joab the captain of David’s army came in to destroy the city because of that man. But this wise woman in that city stood in the gap in wisdom to pacify Joab with her words and was able to save the entire city from impending doom. Only the stubborn person was destroyed instead of the whole city. A whole city was saved from destruction by the gift of wisdom God had given this mother in Israel. A similar scenario played out in the life of David. Abigail, the wife of Nabal, had stood in gap to avert the wiping out of her entire family by David’s men. She had also saved David from shedding innocent blood as a result of the indiscretion of her foolish husband.

And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me: And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand. For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall. 1 Samuel 25:32-34.

The gift of God in a woman can bring her to prominence in this life. A man’s gift (women’s also) makes a way for him and bring him before kings. The Lord gave this woman a gift. She told Joab, “I am one of those people, wise counselors, that give counsel to Israel. Have you come to kill everybody in this city? Then you will destroy a mother in Israel.” The gift God has given to a woman opens the door to her for ministry among God’s people. It was clear that both men and women in Israel resorted to this woman for counsel.


Thought for the day: Without being forward, actively play your role when the need arises.  
Song for the day: Here am I, send me…
Bible reading for the day: Psalm 105-106; Romans 15:1-21
 #horemow.



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