3 LESSONS (PART 2)

Lesson 2:

THE PRESENCE OF GOD AND SUCCESS OR FAILURE

The fact that the presence of God, symbolised by the Ark, is in a venture does not guarantee the success of that endeavour if the people are not right. A project can have God’s approval and still fail if the people involved are not the right breed or are not aright with God. God was seated between the cherubim in the Ark that was brought to the camp of the Israelites but they were still routed in the battle by the Philistines and 30,000 of them were killed in the process.

Lesson 3:

WHAT REALLY MATTERS

It takes self motivation to succeed and prevail in the battles of life. If the Philistines had given up and withdrawn when they heard about the Ark of God that was brought into the Israelites camp – especially in view of the many terrible things they had heard that God had done to the Egyptians and anyone who dared to cross the path of the Israelites – they would not have known that they could in fact win that war. But they encouraged themselves to go ahead and fight all the same. And they won the battle.

Therefore, IT IS NOT WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE OTHER SIDE THAT DETERMINES THE OUTCOME OF A MATTER. IT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING AT YOUR SIDE THAT DOES; WHAT YOU ARE TELLING YOURSELF? WHAT YOU ARE DOING? HOW YOU ARE PREPARING? etc etc, these are what really matter and determine the result you get in most cases.

Thanks for reading.

Shalom!