Catalyst of Peace

When Aibgail saw David, she quickly got off her donkey and bowed down before David with her face to the ground.  She fell at his feet and said: "My lord, let the blame be on me alone.  Please let your servant speak to you; hear what you servant has to say... Please forgive your servant's offense, for the LORD will certainly make a lasting dynasty for my master, because he fights the LORD's battles.  Let no wrongdoing be found in you as long as you live.

1 Samuel 25:23-24,28

Sometimes, God calls us to step out in faith to lay our lives out for another.  Here, Abigail did no wrong but she brought out offerings of peace to David and asked for forgiveness anyway.  She asked David to put the blame on her and reminded David of his calling.  The scriptures later shows what a just God we have because He took vengence and allowed David to be free of unnecessary bloodshed.  We too need to stand firm in place of those sinning, not of the sinner but for those sinned against and others involved.  God will deal with the sinner in His ways but we cannot drink of the poison the sinner made.

When I meditate on this, it feels like just keeping the peace.  At first, I think it's more than just that but the more I think about God's peace, it makes sense.  Just yesterday, I felt offended and my heart was burdened by someone.  My mind ran through a whole range of emotions but it took a voice of one Godly person to settle my heart and allowed God's peace to reside in me.  I think of what would happen and how my choices wouldn've affected so many people.  I'm not saying it was a sin or that person was evil, no absolutely not.  It wasn't malicious or intentional in any way but it was enough to trigger anger within my heart.  The important lesson I learned was to be a catalyst of peace.

Heavenly Father, thank You for the Holy Spirit, who brings peace into our hearts.  It's such a necessary ingredient piece in our walk but somehow I think that peace will just be given to us.  I know that peace is a product of faith & unselfishly offering my life to You, by sacrificing it for another.  Help train my mind and heart to hunger daily for this.  In the awesome name of Jesus, Amen!