Today’s Thought “Tones In Familiarity” G. Ward

 

Judges 16:20 She said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And he awoke from his sleep and said, “I will go out as at other times and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the Lord had departed from him.

 

Samson’s purpose was to aid in delivering Israel from the Philistines and in doing so was endowed with incredible strength. The Lord knew that Samson had a weakness for women with low character, using him to deliver Israel. Samson resumed his role in strength with such normalcy in his many feats of retribution against the Philistines to not realize power is from the Lord. Thereafter he would be captured by the same enemy forces he conquered before onto his final earthly doom. Before his demise, he would ask the Lord to endow him one last time and the Lord granted that desire…

Be sure to understand that “for HIS glory” may not be the fluffy consideration of all that you pre-suppose about God (cf. Ro.8:18).