Chronological Bible Reading for April 17

Psalms 119:133 Order my steps in Your Word; and do not let any iniquity rule over me.
Chronological Bible Reading for April 17
I Samuel 25-27

I Samuel 25:3 – This man acts just as the meaning of his name, Nabal – dolt, wicked, fool.
I Samuel 25:11 – Nabal. There is an army of six hundred men out there. Don’t make them angry. You will not like it if they are angry.
I Samuel 25:21 – David! You have just given Saul good for evil why not be just as merciful to this man.
I Samuel 25:23 – Repentance of misdeeds are effective to man and to God! From the new heart of repentance comes the security of faith.
I Samuel 25:30 – Is it now well known that David will be the next king.
I Samuel 25:33 – A person that diverts us from the path of sin is a blessing! This shows David’s heart was not hardened toward Nabel but very open to God’s precepts.
I Samuel 25:39 – Vengeance is God’s and His alone. We do not sin against other people for sin is against God only. He made us for a purpose and to deviate from that purpose is sin.
I Samuel 27:1 – David ties to escape to the Philistines to be safe from Saul, Abram escapes famine into Egypt, Jacob escapes famine into Egypt, and Moses escapes a murder charge into Midian. Why does man leave the place that God has set for him to find a “safer” place to live? These paths chosen by these men are not ignored by God but He still directs their steps.
I Samuel 27:4 – Saul had been chasing David instead of chasing Philistines. If he had been chasing Philistines then he might have whittled them down to a size that they would have left.
I Samuel 27:8 – Finally someone is going in and opening up the land that God had given them when Joshua came in. This is representative of our lives when we put our trust in God’s plan for redemption. When we don’t chase out all the sin in our life we leave ourselves open to attack in those areas.
I Samuel 27:6 – Why would you let a man that had killed many of your countrymen and your greatest champion into your country? Yes his king was hunting him down to kill him so you think that his allegiance falls to his protector? You are partially correct but you are not his protector. You know of the inability of your false religion and false god to effect the ways of man. You rely on that idea being true for everyone even if they don’t realize it themselves. So you feel that David will follow you because you protect him. Problem, Jehovah God is David’s protector. David has put his heart in Jehovah’s hands from his youth, and he will not be on your side. The other Philistines were right to have him sent away as you came to battle Israel and Jehovah God kept David form having to make the decision of who to fight. But because David went with you toward the battlefield he had to fight another battle to retrieve his abducted family.