Superstitions

As I have mentioned before, I am a big fan of baseball. Baseball players are notorious adherents to many superstitions. They will wear the same socks and wristbands for long periods of time. They exhibit the same sets of movements as they get into the battery’s box. They eat the same foods every gameday. They do all these things because they believe the power is in the superstitions, rather than their abilities and experiences.

I Samuel 4:3 says, “And when the people came to the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why has the LORD defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD here from Shiloh, that it may come among us and save us from the power of our enemies.” The elders of Israel trusted in the ark of the covenant to win their battles, rather than trusting in their God. Their superstition led to another humiliating defeat. We should place our faith in God, not in the superstitions of church attendance, family Christian heritage, coffee table Bibles, or formula prayers. Although these may be good things, our faith must always be firmly placed in God Himself.