Ep 617 – 1 Samuel 25:39-44

Everybody has a weakness. At least one. And David was no exception. His personal point of weakness was his love for women. In fact, we might say he had an obsession for women. And Satan was going to have a field day using David's obsessive preoccupation with the opposite sex to undermine his commitment to God. It's not there was anything wrong with David, a red-blooded Hebrew male, from being attracted to women. It's that he couldn't seem to control his attraction. He had a lust problem. And he used women to satisfy his own desires. But not just physically.  Women stroked David's ego. They provided him with satisfaction and a feeling of significance. His conquest of them provided him with a sense of power and control. But they became a huge distraction in his life, keeping him from fully placing his hope and trust in God. And in 1 Samuel 25:39-44, we're going to see David driven by his desire for Abigail and distracted from his God-given mission to become the next king of Israel.