Ep 614 – 1 Samuel 25:9-17

Fools can be exasperating. And their actions can cause even the wisest individual to respond in kind, making equally foolish decisions out of frustration or anger. And in 1 Samuel 25:9-17, we’re going to see David almost allow Nabal the fool to drag him down to his own level. Fools have a habit of breeding foolishness in others. They bring out the worst in the people around them, because they can be so frustrating to deal with. And David, put out with Nabal’s obnoxious treatment of his men and flippant disregard for his status as a warrior, comes close to putting an end to Nabal’s foolishness by bringing an abrupt and well-deserved end to his life. But, fortunately, the story doesn’t end that way. God will intervene, using Nabal’s wife to protect David from committing murder and providing David with a timely lesson on how to deal with the fool in his own life: King Saul. David was going to learn to fear fools because their foolishness was contagious. The best way to deal with a fool is to leave them in the hands of God.