Judges 15:16-17
15 And she said to him, "How can you say, 'I love you,' when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and you have not told me where your great strength lies." 16 And when she pressed him hard with her words day after day, and urged him, his soul was vexed to death. 17 And he told her all his heart, and said to her, "A razor has never come upon my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother's womb. If my head is shaved, then my strength will leave me, and I shall become weak and be like any other man."
Like Samson, all children of God were given their gifts to be used according to the purpose God has given them. Spiritual Gifts is not given according to our obedience but in accordance with His purpose as He leads us to conviction to obey the Will of God. Samson, who knew very well where does the source of his strength is coming from, was seriously taking care of such secrets not to be revealed so easily in front or in the midst of his nation's enemy - the Philistine.
God's covering is with him while he is in full obedience to the statutes of the Almighty God. Even in his disobedience, God remains faithful to him and not lifting up His Spirit from him as Samson has not fully completed the Will of God through his life. His secret has to be remained unknown by everyone except his parents. Samson was desperately in love with the Philistine Woman resulting to series of lying which eventually became a victim of his own game. He started to get stuck on a situation where his deliberate ways leads him to confession that locks him in the prison, again because of a woman.
This scenario has illustrated how the story in Genesis about the fall of men has advanced in the sinfulness of God’s chosen people. Delilah was a woman from a sinful nation, by nature is evil to the sight of God. There is a clear illustration that this woman is indeed sinful and were tricking Samson most of the time using the excuse of the acts of love. Samson, on the other hand, is arrogant to ridicule his enemy, yet trapped in its own play.
But God remains faithful, and He hear the very prayer of his heart even in the midst of his suffering as a consequences of his own sins. God can hear every person even if we think we are the worst in the eyes of men. With full humility and repentance, God's strength is being poured out to us so that we can accomplish what God has assigned for us. In our race towards the tracks we are running to, our faith will keep our focus to reach our final destination with full glory for the one who share it with us.
This is God's sovereign choice (Romans 9), that when we fall, He who can bring a dead person back to life will also bring someone back to a loving relationship with him once He sees our hearts are in full repentance and in faithfulness to regain the righteousness through Jesus Christ, our Lord. And when we get back, the opportunity is endless to give glory to our God even to the point of death. Show no fear in front of the enemies, rather, show the fear of God and you will be uplifted to show His shining glory in you. Our transformation is in the hands of God through Jesus Christ alone.
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