Was Dagon Trying To Make A Run For It?

# 73 – Today's Du-votional comes from 1Sa 5:2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the temple of Dagon and set it by Dagon. 3 And when the people of Ashdod arose early in the morning, there was Dagon, fallen on its face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and set it in its place again. 4 And when they arose early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on its face to the ground before the ark of the LORD. The head of Dagon and both the palms of its hands were broken off on the threshold; only Dagon's torso was left of it. 5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor any who come into Dagon's house tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day. (1 Sam 5:2-5) Again, you gotta love this story! The first time they find Dagon on it's face before the presence of the God of Israel. They don't make the connection. The second night they find Dagon with its head and hands chopped off. All that was left was the torso and most of that was the bottom part of a fish. Dagon was rendered absolutely powerless by the one true living God. They find his pieces strewn on the threshold of the temple. (Was Dagon trying to make a run for it? Was this a picture that God was painting for us of the spiritual truth that devils flee before Him?) Well the Philistines still don't get it and decide to make the threshold of their temple holy ground from this day forth because their smashed clay pot of a god had touched it. Why is this information included in Scripture for us? It is God warning us again to not chase after other gods. This “stepping over thresholds” in temples is still a practice found in idolatrous practicing cultures even today. God has a stern warning for those who engage in idol worship. Zep 1:9a says, “In the same day I will punish All those who leap over the threshold,” As the Holy Spirit speaking through the Apostle Paul in 1Co 10:14 says, “Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.” Seek the power of the Holy Spirit to keep God and God alone on the throne of your heart.