AMBITION AND LOYALTY

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AMBITION & LOYALTY

There are intricate stories in the Bible and it takes the insight given by the Holy Spirit- the greatest Teacher in the Universal to unveil them. The story of Abner  and Ish-Bostheth, the son of King Saul falls in this category.

Abner was the Commander of Saul's army and.he made Ish-Bosheth king over Israel while David was king over Judah.  

But this was Abner attitude to his master

"Now while there was war between Saul's people and David's people, Abner was making himself strong among the supporters of Saul"

He served at the pleasure of the king and was supposed to make the King stronger in his Kingdom but was making

 But the Bible noted that Abner was using his position to strengthen his own position in the house of Saul.during the war between the house of Saul and the house of David,  

He was supposed to.serve at the pleasure of the Kingdom and for the Kingdom but he was busy building his own empire behind the king.

Disloyalty can show up in different forms; employee and the employer, friends who have a fall out, colleagues etc.

The Holy Spirit told me recently not to speak negatively about any man or woman especially behind their backs. "You must learn to speak about people strengths to others and speak about their faults to me privately.

Abner slept with Saul concubine and the king rebuked his disrespectful actions, this caused Abner to betray the his master and helped King David  become King in Israel.

And Ish-Bosheth said to Abner, “Why did you sleep with my father’s concubine?” Abner was very angry because of what Ish-Bosheth said.

This very day I am loyal to the house of your father Saul and to his family and friends. I haven’t handed you over to David. Yet now you accuse me of an offense involving this woman! May God deal with Abner, be it ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the Lord promised him on oath and transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and establish David’s throne over Israel and Judah from Dan to Beersheba.”