All Will Bow

1Sa 5:1-5
(1) And the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
(2) And the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it to the house of Dagon, and set it near Dagon.
(3) And the men of Ashdod rose early on the next day. And, behold! Dagon had fallen on its face to the earth before the ark of Jehovah! And they took Dagon and put it back in its place.
(4) And they rose early in the morning on the next day; and, behold! Dagon had fallen on its face to the earth before the ark of Jehovah, and the head of Dagon, and the two palms of its hands, were cut off at the threshold. Only the flat part had been left to him.
(5) On account of this the priests of Dagon, and all those coming into the house of Dagon, do not step on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod until this day.

Isn't that quite a fascinating story? Dagon was a Philistine idol god. Notice how the writer calls Dagon an 'it'. The Ark of God represents the Presence of God. As Christians, we should be carrying upon us the Presence of God as well. Why would that be a benefit? Look at the effects the Presence of God has on the world and its petty systems:

First, Dagon falls on its face. For example, have you ever watched an evolutionist debate a knowledgeable Christian apologist? I usually feel humiliated for the evolutionist. It's sad. It boils down to one lame religion feebly attempting to match wits with the Truth of God. It has to bow.

But secondly, inevitably, the evolutionist doesn't give up. He may concede the fight (or not) but no matter how stupid the position seems, he sticks with it. That's what it looks like to set Dagon back up. Then what happens? What happens when we choose to embrace something that is obviously fake, but for hatred of the Truth, we embrace it still? Dagon falls again, only this time, the head and the hands break off. We lose our ability to think (the head comes off) and we lose our ability to effectively do anything worthwhile (our hands break off). When we embrace ignorance, we forfeit wisdom and we sell our souls out to the enemy, and everything for which we live and strive comes to nothing.