Today's reading: Judges 12, 13, 14; Psalm 17, 47, 77, 107, 137; Proverbs 17
Judges 14:2-3, "And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife. Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well."
We live in a day that I thought was like no other. As I was reading today's Scripture I realized that we live in a day not too much different than the days of Scripture. Why would I say that? As I read the Scriptures each day I see thing happening then and now that are much the same. Some people want to question the validity of Scripture to have the answer for their problem or situation. I say to you that the Scriptures have the answer to all of men's questions and problems.
Notice Samson here. The first thing I notice is that he is running the home. Twice in these two verses he tells his parents what to do. This ought not to be. Notice he says, "...now therefore get her for me to wife " and "...Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well."
Who is in charge here? Samson is in charge. God forbid the Israelites to marry and give their daughters in marriage to the Philistines. Knowing this, Samson orders his parents to get this Philistine woman for him to marry. This is so sad.
Later on she sells him out to the Philistines and they capture him and put him in bondage. This could have been avoided if he had simply followed the commands of God. His parents might have changed things too if they had trained him correctly and stood up to him when he wanted to do something against the will of God.
So parents, how are you doing? Are you teaching and training your children to follow God? I hope so. If your children are running the household then things are not in the order that God ordained them to be. God help us!
