Day1
Week 8
1 Samuel
“Now the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon. When the Ashdodites arose early in the morning, Dagon had fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord. And they took Dagon and set him in his place again. When they arose early on the next morning, again Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord, and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold. Only the torso of Dagon was left to him. Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any coming into Dagon’s house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.”
1 Samuel 5:1-5 MEV
Cross references
Joshua 13:3;
Judges 16:23;
Defender
Have you ever argued with anyone who was saying untrue things about God?
Did you get caught up trying to defend Him?
Our mighty God, our Holy God, Jehovah, El Shadi needs no help.
He created all things!
He certainly doesn’t need our two cents worth.
What God does need from us is our trust.
It is impossible to please God without faith. Hebrews 11:6
Why is this so hard to do?
134 times in the Old Testament and 23 times New Testament is the word trust or phrase about trusting God.
God is depending on us to depend on Him.
Depend-to place reliance or trust.
Today’s passage was quite humorous!
It’s okay to giggle about it or even laugh out loud
It gives me great joy to understand that God’s ways are not our ways.
God wants to bless you. Like a good father, He has our best interest at heart and will not bless disobedience, distrust, lack of faith, doubt , unbelief….
We are living in a faithless generation.
We get to choose where our faith goes.
Fear is faith in a negative outcome.
Flip your fear and believe that God loves you and He wants you to trust Him to take care of all your needs.
Action Step
Be honest with God about your fears.
He already knows.
Say it out loud and ask God to help you.
Write down everything you are afraid of.
Google search a Bible verse about that topic.
Write it down.
Say it out loud with your name in it and believe God.
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