Saul had a concubine named Rizpah.
Abner started living with her, so Ish-bosheth asked Abner, why he was living
with his dad's concubine?
Abner got angry over this, since he
had been sincere in showing steadfast love to the house of Saul and did not
give them over to the hand of David.
Even after doing so much he was
charged with a fault of woman. So Abner got frustrated in fighting for Saul and
family, though he knew that God had planned to make David as king.
So now he shifted stands out of
anger in accomplishing for David what the Lord has sworn to him. That was to
transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and set up the throne of David over
Israel and over Judah.
And Ish-bosheth could not answer
Abner another word, because he feared him. (2 Samuel 3:11).
To ponder:
Sometimes we too are like Abner. Though
we know what is the ultimate plan of God in our life, still we continue in what
we desire to do according to our wish until when time comes when we face problems
and finally out of frustration we land up or start doing His will in our lives.
Let us be wise and as we all say in
the Lord's Prayer, "Thy will be done" , let us surrender to His will
and not ours today.