Hello, thanks for joining me today for Give Him 15. The title of our post today is Speed versus Wisdom.

On Wednesday of this week, the Give Him 15 post addressed one of the weaknesses of the charismatic

slash Jesus people movements. This weakness was ministry born of personal

ambition and gifts rather than of God's heart. I brought the teaching not to critique those

movements, but to help us learn from the past so we don't repeat its mistakes.

I received a lot of positive feedback regarding that post, which I appreciate.

Today I want to mention another of our weaknesses in those revivals, and we'll probably share

a few more in the coming days.

Again, I share these so we can learn and grow because there is another revival we've moved into.

On Wednesday, I used the biblical account of a very gifted runner,

a messenger named Ahimeas from 2nd Samuel 18. He was very fast, but ran for his own pleasure

and fulfillment, not with a pure heart to serve the king. Today, I'm going to mention another

speedster by the name of Azahel.

In 2, Samuel 2, David was made king over Judah.

He had been anointed by the prophet Samuel to be king over all of Israel,

but this had not yet occurred.

When King Saul died, his son Ishbosheth took over the throne of Israel.

David, at this point, ruled only Judah, doing so from Hebron. This, of course, meant that there was a great breach in Israel, with one tribe

following David, the other 11 following Saul's son. Tension between the two factions were high,

and war broke out, with friends and acquaintances now pitted against one another.

David's army was led by a general named Joab.

Ishbo Sheth's, Israel's military leader was Abner.

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