Samson
Today’s Reading: Judges 13:1-5
Focal Verse: Judges 13:5b
“….and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.”
Who was your super-hero when you were a child? Mine was Superman. We had a cuckoo clock and everyday, when it struck 4:00, we ran inside to watch. I especially was enthralled with his x-ray vision.
The Israelites, once again unfaithful, were going to need a “super-hero” to deliver them. God prepared this “super-hero” in advance. His name was Samson.
When you think of Samson, you probably think of his great strength, or possibly how Delilah outwitted him. But I think of an Israeli woman. She was barren and I’m sure her heart ached for a child. God answered the emptiness in her womb with a son, and not just any son, but Samson. He would be dedicated to God, and God would use him to deliver his people.
Whether one person, or many people, God is watching. God’s grace to one woman, and His grace to a nation – all in one birth – Samson.
Talk to God right now about what is on your heart.
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