I have hidden Thy word in my heart.
(Picture by Lisa R)

1 Samuel 6. “‘Then take the ark of the Lord and set it on the cart; and put the articles of gold which you are returning to Him as a trespass offering in a chest by its side. Then send it away, and let it go. And watch: if it goes up the road to its own territory, to Beth Shemesh, then He has done us this great evil. But if not, then we shall know that it is not His hand that struck us—it happened to us by chance.’ Then the men did so; they took two milk cows and hitched them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home. And they set the ark of the Lord on the cart, and the chest with the gold rats and the images of their tumors. Then the cows headed straight for the road to Beth Shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and did not turn aside to the right hand or the left. And the lords of the Philistines went after them to the border of Beth Shemesh” (verses 8-12). Just so there was no misunderstanding. Just so the Philistines would understand, there is only ONE TRUE GOD. The Philistines are at their wits end, people are being stricken with plagues, they are dying… but they still are unsure if it the God of Israel or just a fluke (seriously?!). So they devise a plan they set the Ark on a donkey and send it on its way. If it goes towards its home, they know it was God, but if it wanders in a different direction it wasn’t. Yup, you guessed it. the Ark goes in the direction of home. God leaves no misunderstanding. When He works, when He moves, even if we try to deny it we ALWAYS know it was/is Him. The Philistines knew, but they wanted to act as though they didn’t. Don’t be fooled, God is not mocked… a man will always reap what he sows. Disobedience leads to destruction… ALWAYS.