1 Samuel 6:9 KJV
And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us: it was a chance that happened to us.
The people of this world tend to see things as either fate or chance. They often have a difficult time assigning anything as the will or working of Almighty God for they prefer to believe that, if He does exist, He is not interested or not capable of exercising any influence in this world.
But the true believer comes to see that nothing is either fate or chance. All that happens is the result of the sovereign work of God or the consequence of our removing ourselves from His will.
The Philistines would not have had to been chastened for having the ark in possession. Had they surrendered to the will of the Living God they too could have been blessed. Instead their reaction, when they heard that the ark was in the camp of the Israelites, chose to fight harder against them.
So it is in our world today. So many people, rather than surrendering to the Lord when they see His hand in action, resist and fight that much harder. To be sure, for a time they may appear to have gained the advantage for their hard work, but there is no winning against the Lord. Sooner or later the one who resists God's truth will come out the sorer for it.
It is no chance. It is the hand of God!
And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us: it was a chance that happened to us.
The people of this world tend to see things as either fate or chance. They often have a difficult time assigning anything as the will or working of Almighty God for they prefer to believe that, if He does exist, He is not interested or not capable of exercising any influence in this world.
But the true believer comes to see that nothing is either fate or chance. All that happens is the result of the sovereign work of God or the consequence of our removing ourselves from His will.
The Philistines would not have had to been chastened for having the ark in possession. Had they surrendered to the will of the Living God they too could have been blessed. Instead their reaction, when they heard that the ark was in the camp of the Israelites, chose to fight harder against them.
So it is in our world today. So many people, rather than surrendering to the Lord when they see His hand in action, resist and fight that much harder. To be sure, for a time they may appear to have gained the advantage for their hard work, but there is no winning against the Lord. Sooner or later the one who resists God's truth will come out the sorer for it.
It is no chance. It is the hand of God!
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