Judges 16:15-22
Dear Brethren,
Good Morning!
Look within your life and consider what are you strengths and weaknesses. Within my life, I see abilities and attributes that I consider to be my strengths. However, in examining my life, I also see weaknesses. I suspect that I am not alone, that nearly every person possesses various strengths and weaknesses. What would you consider your personal strengths and weaknesses?
A person's strengths may allow him to overcome great obstacles while his weaknesses could cause him to trip and fall. Throughout history, many great people have suffered defeat due to their personal weaknesses. Such men as Moses, David, Judah, Peter, and even Abraham were all challenged by their weakness.
The story of Samson serves as another example of one whose weaknesses brought him low. Samson is known as the man with great strength. In the story of Samson, God gave Samson great physical strength. Samson was able to defeat his enemies on several occasions. Samson also possessed weaknesses. One of Samson's weaknesses was his affection for a woman named Delilah.
Until Delilah, Samson had never revealed the secret of his strength. Delilah knew how to manipulate Samson into giving up his secret. Once Delilah learned the secret of Samson's strength, she betrayed Samson, turning him over to the Philistines.
Consider carefully your strengths and your weaknesses. Write down your strengths on a piece of paper. Then, write down your weaknesses. Be honest with yourself. Now, make a determined effort to keep your weaknesses in check and not allow them to dominate or defeat you in your life as a child of God. Here is Judges 16:15-22 presented for your consideration.
Judges 16:15-22
15 Then she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and have not told me where your great strength lies.”
16 And it came to pass, when she pestered him daily with her words and pressed him, so that his soul was vexed to death,
17 that he told her all his heart, and said to her, “No razor has ever come upon my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaven, then my strength will leave me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.”
18 When Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, “Come up once more, for he has told me all his heart.” So the lords of the Philistines came up to her and brought the money in their hand.
19 Then she lulled him to sleep on her knees, and called for a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. Then she began to torment him, and his strength left him.
20 And she said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” So he awoke from his sleep, and said, “I will go out as before, at other times, and shake myself free!” But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.
21 Then the Philistines took him and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza. They bound him with bronze fetters, and he became a grinder in the prison.
22 However, the hair of his head began to grow again after it had been shaven.
In Love,
John Duvall
Good Morning!
Look within your life and consider what are you strengths and weaknesses. Within my life, I see abilities and attributes that I consider to be my strengths. However, in examining my life, I also see weaknesses. I suspect that I am not alone, that nearly every person possesses various strengths and weaknesses. What would you consider your personal strengths and weaknesses?
A person's strengths may allow him to overcome great obstacles while his weaknesses could cause him to trip and fall. Throughout history, many great people have suffered defeat due to their personal weaknesses. Such men as Moses, David, Judah, Peter, and even Abraham were all challenged by their weakness.
The story of Samson serves as another example of one whose weaknesses brought him low. Samson is known as the man with great strength. In the story of Samson, God gave Samson great physical strength. Samson was able to defeat his enemies on several occasions. Samson also possessed weaknesses. One of Samson's weaknesses was his affection for a woman named Delilah.
Until Delilah, Samson had never revealed the secret of his strength. Delilah knew how to manipulate Samson into giving up his secret. Once Delilah learned the secret of Samson's strength, she betrayed Samson, turning him over to the Philistines.
Consider carefully your strengths and your weaknesses. Write down your strengths on a piece of paper. Then, write down your weaknesses. Be honest with yourself. Now, make a determined effort to keep your weaknesses in check and not allow them to dominate or defeat you in your life as a child of God. Here is Judges 16:15-22 presented for your consideration.
Judges 16:15-22
15 Then she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and have not told me where your great strength lies.”
16 And it came to pass, when she pestered him daily with her words and pressed him, so that his soul was vexed to death,
17 that he told her all his heart, and said to her, “No razor has ever come upon my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaven, then my strength will leave me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.”
18 When Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, “Come up once more, for he has told me all his heart.” So the lords of the Philistines came up to her and brought the money in their hand.
19 Then she lulled him to sleep on her knees, and called for a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. Then she began to torment him, and his strength left him.
20 And she said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” So he awoke from his sleep, and said, “I will go out as before, at other times, and shake myself free!” But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.
21 Then the Philistines took him and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza. They bound him with bronze fetters, and he became a grinder in the prison.
22 However, the hair of his head began to grow again after it had been shaven.
In Love,
John Duvall
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