Sulking

From: CareLines: Volume 3

By: Paul J. Pascoe

Narrator: Chris Genthree

Duration: 1min

1 Kings 21:4 • 1 min. read • grade level: 2

DECEMBER 10

And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased . . . and would eat no bread.

1 Kings 21:4⁴And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread. (1 Kings 21:4)

Ahab was mad. So he sulked. The verse also tells us that he laid on his bed and turned away his face. Why? The same reason that most of us sulk. He couldn’t get what he wanted. He wanted another man’s property. The man, Naboth, wouldn’t give it to Ahab. Covetousness, if not satisfied, will cause you to sulk and when it is satisfied you’ll still want more. Learn to be content with what you have and, if the Lord wants you to have more, He will give it to you.

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