05/02/2024: Christian WATCH Exposition. Topic: Value of God's presence

05/02/2024: Christian WATCH Exposition. Topic: _Value of God's presence_ 

Text: ```1 Samuel 5:1-4 AMP:The Philistines brought the ark of God from Ebenezer to Ashdod. They took the ark of God into the house of Dagon and set it beside Dagon [their idol]. When they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon had fallen upon his face on the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and set him in his place again.But when they arose early the next morning, behold, Dagon had again fallen on his face on the ground before the ark of the Lord, and [his] head and both the palms of his hands were lying cut off on the threshold; only the trunk of Dagon was left him.``` 
 
COMMENTARY
Few days ago we dwelled on the topic " value of my existence." The topic was extensively taught in sequence. It is also important that we look at the scripture and understand the value of God's presence. The ark of the covenant represent the presence of God and consequently brought victory and triumph for the people of Israel anywhere it is. The people of Philistines, particularly a City called Ashdod fearlessly captured the ark of God and took it to their City into the house of Dagon their god.
  
Few persons who might have put themselves as enemy and desired your destruction may have taken the battle against you into the house of their shrine. That's what the City of Ashdod did to the Israelites. They defeated the Israelites in the Open field and wanted to finish them in the inside by carrying the ark which represents their power captive into the house of their Dagon.  Hebrews 9:4 states that the Ark contained "the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant." The ark is containing the symbols of power that advanced the cause of the Israelites, sustained them and preserved them. 

The rod of Aaron means advancement, with it no one could hold the children of Israel to ransome. The pot of manna means sustenance. Manna was the miraculous food that sustained Israel for forty years in the wilderness. Lastly the word of God, the commandments brought preservation. Many times God would charge them "if thou shalt diligently hearken to my word..."  When you understand the value of the word of God and maintain accumulation of it inside your life, people might invoke your name in their shrine but instead of evil happening to you, their shrine would have problem. With time people of Ashdod also had strange sicknesses. Invoking your name in a shrine is a great spiritual trespass when you have maintained God's presence. No one does that and goes free.

 Food for thought:
 _Presence of God is costly to maintain but the value of it is worth dying for._ 

 Prayer:
_Guide me Lord to learn how to maintain your presence in Jesus name 🙏._

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