Read: Judges 16-18
The story of Samson is such a sad story to me. Samson never realized who his enemy was and what his destiny was. He spent most of his time with the enemy and when he did fight them it was to avenge himself. He never saw the bigger picture. He was too busy taking selfies. His story is a picture of how to bind a strong man. He stood for lust and vanity but God used his weaknesses to do amazing things in His kingdom. Delilah stood for the person who is trying to bind the strong man. It is a real-life parable. To bind him she had to find the secret of his strength then she could address it. When she found out the strength was in his hair she was able to cut his hair. He didn’t even recognize that God had left him. He was put in prison but that was not the end of Samson. It is not enough to bind and cast out a demon. You have to watch over that weakness and not allow it to gain strength. That is why God told us to bind on earth what is bound in heaven and loose in heaven what is bound on earth. We have to bind the evil and loose its counterpart. If we bind lust, we need to loose holiness to fill its place.
The Philistines thought that binding Samson was enough. They didn’t keep his hair cut so it grew back out. He did more harm then than in all his life before. That is a law in the kingdom. You have to watch over your swept areas and make sure you are filling them with the Holy Spirit.
Next, we have the story about Micah and his Levite. This gives us a good picture of how dysfunctional and unscriptural the people had gotten. They had a mixture of idolatry and scripture. These religions are the most dangerous. They have a form of godliness but deny the power of God. That is a description of the days of the judges.
Lord, help us to guard ourselves and not allow the enemy to slip back in when we have cast him out. Wash us with the water of Your Word.
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