Text: 1 Samuel 5:1-12
Life is all about power and it is all about who is on your side and who is standing with you
The children of Israel had great power on their side which they did not know how to use
- Dagon was a god of the waters, he was a god of fish
- they set God before Dagon to celebrate victory over Jehovah God. (The ark represented God or the presence of God)
- when they set God before Dagon they did not know they were declaring war over their lives
- Dagon fell face down before God on the first day and on the second day dagon was utterly destroyed
- God not only dealt with the god of the Philistines he dealt with the Philistines themselves
- in the ark of covenant was the ten of commandments that God had given to his people
- whatever troubles your life will be summarized to Zero when it encounters the presence of God in your life
Contents of the Ark
- ten commandments
- mercy sit
- moses' staff
- precious stones
- seraphims and cherubims
- the ten commandments represented the very word of God. The Rhema word of God
* Jesus is the one who is suppose to sit on the mercy sit of the ark of covenant. The ten commandments simply showed what Jesus was coming to fulfill
* the mercy sit is in our hearts because that is the abode of Jesus immediately we give our lives to Christ
- if the ark was a symbol of power, then all children of God have power, they have power over the works of the enemy
- the ark was a symbol of authority
- from today you are going to be careful with what you say because you are a symbol of power and whatever the person in power says is taken as gospel truth
- the ark had power of not respecting rank. When God is charging he does not respect people
- the ark of God came to render evil powers useless!
* when God shows up it is too late for the devil
* you are too hot to be handled by the devil
* when the Philistines saw that God was too big for them they decided to say, "Let us send Him away."
Conclusion
* the box of the ark of the covenant which is inside you will cause. Your enemies will bow and you will be an over comer
John 3:8 - Nobody can determine your blessing because it is God who blesses and it is God who can conclude your case, only God can do that! It is not over until God says it is over. Your begining might be small but the God of signs and wonders will be by your side. As long as you are born of the Spirit! Success shall be on your side.
1 Cor. 3:16 - the Holy Spirit always watches over you, when you sleep, when you travel, when you are accused, when you are cast out! Remember greater is he that is in you than the one that is in the world
- you have carried what is too much in your life! You are too powerful, realise that what you carry is too powerful and see the hand of God
1 Cor. 6:19 - when God says you are mine, you are Gods! God will care for you because you are not your own, you belong to God
