Perspective

Individual perspectives have always fascinated me. How 2 or more people can look at the same thing or same situation and see it entirely differently. Try this one out:

In 1 Samuel 4 The Philistines "break bad" and attack Israel. Israel "breaks bad-er" and brings out the Ark only to lose it and the battle. 1 up for Philistia. The Philistine deities fall on their face in the presence of the Ark and subsequently the people begin to experience a plague. It doesn't take long for them to decide they really don't want the Ark and they send it back to Israel territory (1 Samuel 6). Chapter 7 says that "God was hard on the Philistines all of Samuel's lifetime."

After a few chapters that bring about the kingship of Saul we get to Chapter 13 and Saul is feeling his kingly oats and starts building up the army. Here comes the question: The Philistines say "The Hebrews are in revolt!" I thought you had to be a slave or have been conquered "to revolt". Obviously the Philistines regarded themselves as superior to, and conqueror of, the Hebrews. The Hebrews regarded themselves as equal or greater(sounds like an equation) than the Philistines, hence the difference of perspective.

We Christians have an enemy who is always regarding us as being in revolt. He finds us "revolting" for not following him and leaning on God instead. He would have us think he is the superior when in truth he falls on his face in the presence of Almighty God. What's YOUR perspective of it?