Read: Judg 13-15
When God judges a nation he does it for 40 years. The children of Israel wandered in the wilderness for 40 years because they refused to trust in God to deliver them. In today’s reading Israel has followed other gods so God delivered them to the Philistines for 40 years to get them to return to Him. It is now time to deliver them out of their hands so God raises up Samson and brings him into the world with signs and wonders. An angel comes to his parents and foretells his future then descends into a flame of fire. Samson is to be a Nazarite from birth and they were never to cut his hair. His mother was not to eat anything unclean or drink any wine. Seems like strange parenting advise to me but God is beyond our understanding. Then to get even more bizarre, Samson had a crush on a Philistine woman which the Lord set up. When Samson went down to get her he was attacked by a lion and the Spirit of the Lord came upon him and he tore the lion to pieces. I would have loved to see Samson’s face when he realized what he had just done. It’s like he was discovering his super-power for the first time. When he came back by the dead lion he noticed bees had made their hive in the carcass. This gave him his idea for his wedding riddle. All of this was orchestrated by the Lord so Samson could get so mad at the Phillistines that he would single-handedly destroy all their crops for that season and the next and kill a thousand Phillistines with a jawbone of an ass.
The story of Samson could be a Marvel comic it is so amazing.
Lord, You are amazing! Your power and creativity is endless.
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