Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful girl and found Abishag, a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
(1 KINGS 1:3)
Abishag had an unusual job: keeping the old and infirm King David warm. And not just by covering him with blankets__the comely Abishag was expected to crawl into bed with the king. David's servants said to him, "Let her lie in thy bosom, they my lord the king may get heat" (1 KINGS 1:2 kjv). That's exactly what happened, as Abishag "ministered" to David in a nonsexual way.
# 2 _We have no biblical record of Abshag's feelings toward her job. Perhaps she was pleased to be chosen as the great king's personal body warmer. Maybe she found lying in bed with a dying seventy-year old man distasteful. Possibly, her feeling shifted from day to day.
# 3 _Our feelings toward our own responsibilities__at home, at church, at the office, wherever__can vary widely. But whatever we've been called to do, we should do to the best of our abilities. As the apostle Paul wrote to the church in Corinth, "Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful" (! CORINTHIANS 4:2).
# 4 _Dream job or nightmare, know that God has called you to this particular time and place. Do your best__and, if appropriate, pray for the chance to move on.
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