Read: Judges 16-18
Samson was the Biblical Hulk. I can just imagine him getting so mad, trapped in the city that he marches to the gate and rips it out of the ground and carries it on his shoulders to the top of a mountain. No man was going to stop him.
Samson was stronger than a thousand men but one woman brought him down. His weakness was Philistine women…namely Delilah. Her name means “languishing” which means weak and failing in health. From the story of Samson we can learn a much deeper truth. Samson was a strong man and they wanted to bind him and cast him out. If there is a “strong man” in our lives we need to bind him and cast him out. (Matt. 12:29) In order to do that we need to do what Delilah did and find the secret of his strength. The secret is always the source and how it got entrance to our lives. If we have a great fear of people leaving us then we need to learn what makes us afraid of being abandoned. We can get the answer by asking God. I have gotten these answers through dreams and memories God has given me. Then I can go back and deal with the source. It usually comes through forgiveness and understanding. But, you have to watch over your deliverance and not let it gain strength again. That is what happened to Samson. They thought he was taken care of but they allowed his hair to grow back and with it came his strength. For example: if you have been delivered of alcohol you can’t play around with any other drug again.
The next story of Micah shows how far Israel has strayed from the law. Even the priests were doing their own thing and working for money not the Lord.
Lord, show us the secret to the strengths of the “strong men” in our lives that we might bind them and cast them out for good.
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