Bread of life John 6:35 Samson 12 So his father went down to the woman. And Samson gave a feast there, for young men used to do so. And it happened, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him. Then Samson said to them, Let me pose a riddle to you. If you can correctly solve and explain it to me within the seven days of the feast, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing. But if you cannot explain it to me, then you shall give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing. And they said to him, Pose your riddle, that we may hear it. Jdg14:10-13. The huge strength Samson had was for a reason and that was he had a big mission to finish and God gives the strength proportional to the mission. Samsons mission was to free Gods people from the hands of those who have enslaved them like the Lord told Samsons mother when He announced his birth (Jdg13:15). This was also the mission of all the judges, after whom the book was called, but Samsons mission was different because he was expected to free the people by himself and not through an army or anything and this is why he needed the huge strength that he had! A huge mission! I am sure that satan tried many things with Samson to dissuade him from finishing this mission and he failed and Samson went to the lands of the occupiers and found himself a bride there and he was supposed to start his mission but satan did not stand watching and he tried a different war. Satan tried the normal and direct ways to dissuade him and when he failed he resorted to the indirect ways and so we see that he started to distract him by making him busy with trivial things that would take his time and energy which will eventually affect his ministry negatively. And hence we find that Samson sat down with his enemies not to ask for the freedom of Gods people but to tell them riddles. A very simple trick from satan wasted Samsons time and distracted all his efforts. This is why you will find that most of the war that satan puts you through in your ministry and even in your daily time with God is about small and trivial things. So you find that you do not spend your time with God to watch a movie that you have watched ten times already or that you stopped serving in a certain ministry because you said a joke and someone reproached you. Reasons that should not stop a service, I would even say that they are reasons that should not stop anything but in reality they stop a lot of ministries. But you may say that telling riddles is not really against Gods law! What is impressive in the New Testament is that we are not related to lawful and not lawful, but we, the children of God, have the liberty to decide whether certain things are good or not with the Holy Spirit and this is why the bible says All things are lawful for me, but not all things are helpful 1Cor10:23. This means that we should stop the things that do not help. This is the mistake that Samson made when he left his ministry and started telling riddles which would not help with anything. Get a close at your life today and decide on the things that do not help your life or your ministry and stop them with the help of the Holy Spirit because they will distract you and make you weak like they did with Samson. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prayer :(My prayer is that the following prayers will unit our hearts in front of the Lord) General prayer: Lord I ask you to teach to turn the other cheek. Personal prayer: Lord I ask you to give light to my heart by your birth. “And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus” Phi 4:7 Bread of life is a ministry based on readers’ contributions, it is a daily reading and reflection on the holy bible, a prayer send daily by email 5 times a week, Monday through Friday and takes about 5 minutes to read, but our prayer is that it will benefit you all day long. Please forward this message to anyone who you think would benefit from it. Anyone can receive our emails simply by sending a message to our address breadoflifemessage@yahoo This ministry is based on readers contributions, your contribution can be ; A reflection you thought of Your feedback to improve the ministry Prayer request You can do this be sending a message to the email above. Unless otherwise mentioned, all bible quotes are from NKJV.
Posted on: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 06:53:28 +0000