May 22, 2016 How does my hair look?

Reading: 2 Thessalonians 1-2 and Judges 14-17

Scripture: Judges 16:20, And 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 left him. 

Observation: Time and time again Samson would get close to breaking his vow and allowed his lust for the Philistine women to lead him into situations that could cause issues. After killing the lion there was no reason to go see it and being that he was not to touch anything dead he should have stayed away. But no he had to look and then he used a stick to get the honey out. Then his wife tricks him into giving away his riddle, and then latter after three times of Delilah asking and doing what ever he said he actually told her where his strength came from, finally to be done in by her again.

Application: As humans we have this pride that says that we can handle this we can get close to the issue and not touch it, like Samson and the dead lion. As we go about flirting with the sins around us, trying to get as close to the world as we can to be in the world, we start becoming of the world and letting it speak into our lives and before we know it, we are being woken up and we don’t know that the spirit of the Lord has left us, or we are no longer walking in the will of the Lord. Be carful to not flirt with those sins, keep a distance between you to help with keeping the temptation down.

Prayer: Father, I thank you for the great blessings that you pour out on us each day and how it does not return void and is sharper then any two edged sword. I ask that you help us to see those aria where we are flirting with being of the world and help us to take steps away from it and focus on you and your love.