Turning Aside

2 Samuel 2:23a

"Howbeit he refused to turn aside..."

Asahel had a goal and nothing was going to stop him from doing all he could to achieve it. Though he failed, his tenacity was a memorial long remembered, "...and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place, where Asahel fell down and died, they stood still."

We have an enemy as Christians. The devil is our adversary, out to destroy those who stand in opposition to him. Now, if Asahel had stayed home and not pursued Abner, he would have lived. Abner told him to turn aside, go chase someone else, go take a trophy of someone else's armor.

"Howbeit he refused to turn aside..."

Christ is our goal and prize. But the devil must be actively fought against. In being like Christ, in fighting the wicked one, let us, like Asahel refuse steadfastly to turn aside.