There are several practical lessons here including doing good to those who have done good to you, avoiding shaming people publicly, and fighting the battle of this life with courage and complete trust in the work that the Lord will do for us.
The name <em>Nabal</em> means <em>fool</em> (see 1 Samuel 25:25). In scripture, a fool is much more than a degrading name you throw at someone you dislike.
In the Bible we find many references to transactions and covenants. In our passage we find one of those references and it is found in the usage of the word surety. Now we know that Christ was made a surety of a better testament, but what exactly does that mean?
The land has been left unworked. God is calling us to break it up.
We all have our own Midianites to face. By studying Gideon's strategy we can learn how we too can defeat the Midianites.
