Keep Me From Sinning

# 349 - Today's Du-votional comes from: 1Sa 25:25,26, “Please, let not my lord regard this scoundrel Nabal. For as his name is, so is he: Nabal is his name, and folly is with him. But I, your maidservant, did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent. 26 "Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD lives and as your soul lives, since the LORD has held you back from coming to bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now then, let your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be as Nabal. (1 Sam 25:25,26) Abigail comes to David by the very providence of God. He sends her to prevent David from taking revenge upon Nabal with his own hands. This is not the first time that God has interfered in the affairs of men to keep them from sinning. Remember the incident with Abraham and Sarah when Abraham tried to pawn off Sarah as his sister? We read about it in Ge 20:1-7, “And Abraham journeyed from there to the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and stayed in Gerar. 2 Now Abraham said of Sarah his wife, "She is my sister." And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, "Indeed you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is a man's wife." 4 But Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, "Lord, will You slay a righteous nation also? 5 "Did he not say to me, 'She is my sister'? And she, even she herself said, 'He is my brother.' In the integrity of my heart and innocence of my hands I have done this." 6 And God said to him in a dream, "Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart. For I also withheld you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her.”7 "Now therefore, restore the man's wife; for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you shall live. But if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you and all who are yours." God intervened on behalf of Abimelech and prevented him from the act of adultery. He got Abimelech's attention in a dream and kept him from sinning against Him. God may not get that drastic with us, but He has given us the Holy Spirit and His Word to “keep us from sinning” against Him. Will you listen to Him when temptation comes to your door? Spare yourself, your loved ones, and God the pain. Follow the promptings of the Spirit and not your flesh. Father, give me ears to hear and the will to follow You, knowing You will never lead me to sin.