I know what you are thinking. What in the world is he thinking and how is this going to apply to my life? And now, you are thinking, what in the world am I doing reading about a Cow’s will? Do cows even have a will? I mean, really…they eat grass, chew cud and make huge patties that when dried make great inexpensive frisbees. On the other hand…please use extreme caution and a stick before picking one up to throw. Now, on to the story…
My brother and I used to argue all the time. We would always try to get out of doing our chores and try to get the other one to do our chores for us. Growing up in Louisiana, neither of us liked to mow the grass during the summer. It was HOT! It was HUMID! In fact, in our town, they discovered these Indian ruins that had hieroglyphics that when translated, they read, “Its hot in Louisiana in the Summer!” Okay, I can’t back that up! Either way, we would devise different contests to determine if we could shirk out duties on to the other one. We would shoot baskets, we would throw baseballs for distance, we would chip golf balls from one end of the yard to the other trying to get them into a tire and the closest one would win. If we couldn’t settle the chore duties through these games of skill, we would leave it to chance by flipping a coin…of course, 2 out of 3. There would be statements made like, “If I make this shot, even though I lost at HORSE, you get to do the mowing.” One shot…determined our next couple of hours and how dehydrated we would become.
A lot of times people who are followers of Christ, will leave their relationship with Him to chance just like I did with my brother in trying to decide who was going to do the yard work. Take this account found in 1 Samuel 6:9,
9 If they cross the border of our land and go to Beth-shemesh, we will know it was the Lord who brought this great disaster upon us. If they don’t, we will know it was not his hand that caused the plague. It came simply by chance.”