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"Now the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it to the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon. When the Ashdodites arose early the next morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to 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 fallen on 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 on the threshold; only the trunk of Dagon was left to him." 1 Samuel 5:1-4 What happens when God comes to dwell in your temple? Are the false gods competing for primacy in your life--Approval-of-Men, Temporal-Success, Self-Pleasure, and all the rest--toppled in the dust? Do they yield before the King of the Universe? They don't always give way in my life, but it isn't because God lacks the requisite authority! If He can dominate Dagon, He could definitely defeat my demons. The question is simply whether I let Him! Does that sound backwards? Do we really have to give God permission to do anything? (The short answer is yes--see Rev. 3:20). They say that in a democracy, the people are sovereign. That may be true, but we only get to exercise our power, at least directly, every two or four years, when an election comes around. God's sovereignty in our lives is something we vote on every day! Multiple times a day! I heard a simple statement recently that really struck me. (Actually, it was something Tom Waters said at Luke and Chantée's wedding :) All it was was that the time we spend with Jesus should be the most important part of our day. Wow--I was convicted! I have my devotions in the morning, yet how many mornings do I jump on the Internet before I jump into the Word? (This was one, I'm ashamed to report...) It's not that responding to emails and reading the news are bad, but for me, it represents a principle--a priority choice. I'll come right out and say it: in many ways, the Internet is my Dagon--one of the most powerful competitors with God for my attention and affections. I don't know what's competing for uptake in your mind, but I have an idea about how to topple that idol: name it, claim it, and surrender it (then repeat the last step lots of times.) (No, not that kind:) Figure out what's getting in the way, acknowledge that you're allowing whatever it is to be on the throne of your life, and then give it to God, and ask Him to lay it in the dust! Psalm 46:10 "Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth." I want God to be exalted in every part of my life, so that the onlooking world has incontrovertible evidence of the power and love of our God! Excelsior!
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1 शमूएल 5 Nepali Bible: Easy-to-Read Version (ERV-NE) पवित्र सन्दूक पलिश्तीहरूका निम्ति समस्या बन्यो 5 पलिश्तीहरूले परमेश्वरको पवित्र सन्दूकलाई एबेन-एजेरबाट अश्दोद पुर्याए। 2 पलिश्तीहरूले परमेश्वरको पवित्र सन्दूकलाई दागोनको मन्दिरमा लगेर दागोनकै मूर्तिको छेउमा राखे। 3 भोलिपल्ट बिहान अश्दोदवासीहरूले दागोनको मूर्ति घोप्टो परेर परमेश्वरको पवित्र सन्दूक अघि भूईमा लडिरहेको देखे। अश्दोदका मानिसहरूले फेरि त्यो मूर्ति त्यसको ठाउँमा उभ्याए। 4 अश्दोदवासीहरूले दागोनको मूर्तिलाई फेरि त्यहि ठाउँमा राखे। तर फेरि अर्को बिहान अश्दोदवासीहरूले दागोनको मूर्ति त्यसरी नै परमेश्वरको पवित्र सन्दूक अघिल्तिर लडिरहेको भेटे। यस बेला दागोनको टाउको र हातहरू भाँचिएर संघारको अघि लडिरहेको र जीउ मात्र त्यहाँ लडिरहेको भेटियो। 5 त्यही व्यवहार आजसम्म चल्दैछ कि अश्दोदमा दागोनका पुरोहित र मन्दिरभित्र पस्नेहरू कसैले पनि दागोनको संघारमा पाइला राख्दैनन्। 6 परमप्रभुले अश्दोदका मानिसहरू साथै छिमेकीहरूका जीवन पनि कष्ट पूर्ण बनाइदिनुभयो। परमप्रभुले तिनीहरूलाई असाध्यै दुःख दिनुभयो। गिर्खाको रूढी फैलाइ दिनुभयो। हुलका हुल मूसाहरू पठाउँनुभयो। मूसाहरू जहाज र जमिन जताततै दगुरिरहन्थे। शहरवासीहरू सबै डराउन थाले। 7 जब अश्दोदवासीहरूले यो देखे तिनीहरूले भने, “इस्राएलको परमेश्वरको सन्दूक यहाँ राख्न सकिन्न। परमेश्वरले हाम्रा देवता दागोनलाई मात्र होइन तर उहाँले हामीलाई पनि पूरा दण्ड दिनुभयो।” 8 अश्दोदका मानिसहरूले पश्लितीका सबै शासकहरूलाई बोलाए। अश्दोदवासीहरूले ती शासकहरूलाई सोधे, “हामीले इस्राएलका परमेश्वरको पवित्र सन्दूकलाई अब के गर्नु पर्ने हो?” शासकहरूले भने, “इस्राएलका परमेश्वरको पवित्र सन्दूकलाई अब गात शहरमा पुर्याइयोस्।” यसरी पलिश्तीहरूले परमेश्वरको पवित्र सन्दूक हटाए। 9 फेरि परमेश्वरको पवित्र सन्दूक जब गातमा पुग्यो तब देखि नै परमप्रभुले त्यस शहरलाई सजाय दिन थाल्नुभयो। मानिसहरूमा खैलाबैला भयो। परमप्रभुले के बालक के वृद्ध सबलाई दुःख दिनथाल्नु भयो। परमेश्वरले गातवासीहरूमा गिर्खाको रूढी फैलाइ दिनुभयो। 10 यसकारण पलिश्तीहरूले परमेश्वरको सन्दूकलाई एक्रोन पठाए। जति बेला परमेश्वरको सन्दूक एक्रोन आइपुग्यो मानिसहरू कराउन थाले, “इस्राएलका परमेश्वरको सन्दूक किन हाम्रो शहर एक्रोनमा ल्याएको? के तिमीहरूले हामीलाई र हाम्रा मानिसहरूलाई मार्न चाहन्छौ?” 11 एक्रोनका मानिसहरूले पलिश्ती शासकहरूलाई एकसाथ बोलाएर भने, “इस्राएलका परमेश्वरको सन्दूकलाई छिट्टो भन्दा छिट्टो आफ्नै ठाउँमा पठाइदिनु होस्। नत्र भने यसले हामीहरूलाई नष्ट पार्नेछ।” एक्रोनका मानिसहरू साह्रै डराएका थिए। परमेश्वरले त्यस शहरवासीहरूको जीवन कष्टमय बनाइदिनु भयो। 12 मानिसहरू धेरै संख्यामा मरे। जो मरेका थिएनन् तिनीहरूलाई गिर्खाको रूढीले सताउन थाल्यो र एक्रोनका मानिसहरूको रोदन स्वर्गसम्मै पुग्यो।