Acts 26_14 Kicking Against the Pricks

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goad—stick—(2' long, needle at its end) in one hand; he holds the plow in the other. If the man doesn't goad the oxen, they won't go straight. If they won't go straight, the furrows go all wrong. We must look forward with our eyes ahead, on Him. If we refuse to follow God, looking back, there is no plowing. Our victory is in our walk, with a forward outlook and this is where our prosperity and success. Why worry? Luke 9:62 The goad is needed in the East because oxen go around. Acts 9:5; 26:14. An ox is paired with another under the yoke. One ox wants to be a little naughty, does not want to go straight, so as he tries to turn, then only the man pricks, when you prick, the ox kicks back. Why? Because he kicks back to the prick again, cause the man leaves the prick down there. Paul, it's hard to kick against the pricks—you cannot fight God and His truth. The more you fight it, the more you