Judges 16-18; Psalm 64
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Samson’s story is one that is filled with amazing works of God,
such as an anointing from birth to be set apart for God, strength beyond what
any human could ever have, and a miraculous provision of water when he needed
it; but it is also a story filled with a sense of “what if?”
God gave such great gifts to Samson and did work through him to
bring down the Philistines, but Samson never had God’s motivation. He put his lust for women above the
calling of the Lord, which in the end caused him a lot of despair. His selfish desires and personal
revenge were his motivations for going against the Philistines, and even
resulted in his own death.
I can’t help but wonder, what if he had sought the Lord and
resisted the temptations of his flesh?
What difference could he have made in the world of the Israelites if he
had set his heart on God’s?
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