Today's reading: Judges 15, 16, 17; Psalm 18, 48, 78, 108, 138; Proverbs 18
Judges 15:4, "And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails."
I think the story of Samson is one of the saddest accounts in all of the Bible. He appears to be one that was not given any boundaries as a child and look where it lead him as an adult. As we go about our life we falter and fail from time to time. We should not live a life like this. We need to rise above these shortcomings. This is easily said but not so easily done.
Sometimes small besetting sins are compared to these foxes in our passage today. It seems to be the small stuff that can trip us up and cause us to fall. Beware of the little foxes. In my life it seems that the big things are easy to trust Him for or through. It is the small things that I seem to think I can handle it and then I find myself falling again. This should not be. Samson let the little things get him too. How could he not figure that his wife was up to something by pressing him so long to know the secret of his great strength? Then he gave in to her and she sold him out to his enemies.
Look where Samson's sin got him at the end of his life. Judges 16:30, "And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life." Beware of sin! Sin will cost you more than you want to pay. It will keep you longer than you want to stay. It is dangerous stuff.
Remember when we are being tempted that we can run to Jesus. Notice Proverbs 18:24, "A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother." What a promise! When we need a friend to help us overcome temptation He is right there. Run to the Lord!
Do you have your running shoes on?
