SAMSON - mankind's ally?
What can we learn from an ancient freak who could’ve smashed Goliath? Called by God, lived as a god.
Samson's birth was as supernatural as the power to descend upon him. He was Israel's final judge.
A very brief cameo of his career:
Amidst a 'colorful' history - Samson tore a young lion apart, tied tails of 300 foxes in pairs -- setting them alight, and slept with the enemy.
Samson's unrestrained temptations always multiplied. Sin was his 'modus-operandi'. Anger, vengeance and immorality characterizes him accurately. But, his 'vengeance' would 'win the day'.
Sin is all about repetition, that’s what desires offer (demand?). A promissorry note is attached 'satisfying delights', but only gives the opposite.
Temptations do not advise you regarding the trek to pain. The second state becomes worse than the first. Temptation presses on what our heart seeks. This is how Samson lived and died.
When carnal satisfaction promises, expect it won’t. It lies. Satisfaction is lost on men’s thinking, God’s satisfaction doesn’t.
Our heart finds its home when we praise God, when we thank God. Worship of the true God is at the core of humanity. But men have sided with Samson's willfullness that is suppressed sin too.
It is the soul that needs the satisfaction, and when received the body will be satisfied as well.
He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for His name's sake. (Psalm 23:3)
READ the full story - Judges 13 -16
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