THE FIRST DETERMINANT: SPEED - PART 2

THE FIRST DETERMINANT: SPEED - PART 2

Scriptures: Ecclesiastes 9:11, 1 Samuel 25:15-18 

Topic: Speed Determines If You Will Get Married 

"I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all." 

Ecclesiastes 9:11

The determinants are the characteristics and the virtues that determine the outcome of everything you do. Every area of life is therefore affected by determinants. Both spiritual and non-spiritual things are governed by determinants. In this series of our Quiet Time we will study in depth how speed governs our lives

 2. SPEED DETERMINES IF YOU WILL GET MARRIED. 

"But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields: They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep. Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him. THEN ABIGAIL MADE HASTE, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses."

1 Samuel 25:15-18

Speed is necessary to avert many evils determined in your life. Abigail’s speed saved her family’s life and hers. Many times, evil comes into your life because you are too slow to prevent it. Abigail was fast! She realised that her husband had made a big mistake. She acted quickly, humbly and wisely. This turned away David’s anger. She won his heart with her humility, her wisdom and her offering. When Abigail’s husband died, David offered to marry her. Many times marriage is an act of pity and compassion. David had compassion and pity on this widow. Some modern women may not accept that being married is an act of God’s compassion towards them. But it is! Once again, Abigail was quick to act. With speed, she agreed to the new marriage. She said, “Yes” to King David. Some people would have said that she needed to have time to mourn her husband. If she had delayed in any way she may have remained a lonely widow for the rest of her life. Abigail’s speed of thought determined her marriage to the king. Abigail’s speed in taking decisions determined her status for the rest of her life. 

"And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the Lord, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the Lord hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. AND DAVID SENT AND COMMUNED WITH ABIGAIL, TO TAKE HER TO HIM TO WIFE. And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, DAVID SENT US UNTO THEE, TO TAKE THEE TO HIM TO WIFE. And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord. AND ABIGAIL HASTED, AND AROSE, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, AND BECAME HIS WIFE."

1 Samuel 25:39-42

Credit: Excerpt from 

The Determinants 

Bishop Dag Heward-Mills