“When the army had returned to camp, the leaders of Israel asked, Why has Adonai defeated us today before the P’listim? Let’s bring the ark for the covenant of Adonai from Shiloh to us, so that He will come among us and save us from our enemies.”
1 Samuel 4:3 CJB
A few issues here first: no one asked or simply called upon Adonai for direction and then they blame Adonai for the defeat!
“I call on Adonai, who is worthy of praise; and I am saved from my enemies.”
Psalm 18:4 CJB
The second issue is: they thought and object would save them and not God! Only God can save and nothing else.
“Adonai is my Rock, my fortress and deliver, my God, my Rock, in whom I find shelter, my shield the power that saves me, my stronghold.”
Psalm 18:3 CJB
Today, we can’t look to anything else, but Adonai! He alone is our shield, shelter and our deliver! Don’t go into battle without Him! Why? Because you will be defeated!
Have a blessed day calling on Adonai before you step out into the battlefield of the world!
Grafted In 