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For I know the plans I have for you,declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jer 29:11 |
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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Monday, May 20, 2024
Today's Passage : Today's Passage :Samson, Part 4 — Another Riddle Bible Verse:Judges 14:14-20 (ESV) "And he [Samson] said to them, “Out of the eater came something to eat. Out of the strong came something sweet.” And in three days they could not solve the riddle. She wept before him the seven days that their feast lasted, and on the seventh day he told her, because she pressed him hard. Then she told the riddle to her people. And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, “What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?” And he said to them, “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have found out my riddle.” And the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon and struck down thirty men of the town and took their spoil and gave the garments to those who had told the riddle. In hot anger he went back to his father's house. And Samson's wife was given to his companion, who had been his best man. " Message:
Samson is not acting on a whim or carrying out a plan he formed. He is doing the will of God, which is to provoke the Philistines to war.
Shulamite Bride
Samson’s wife betrays him to her countrymen. Her loyalty is shown to belong, not to her husband-to-be, but to her tribe (and her false god). She uses her status as his wife to wheedle out the answer to his riddle, and then, like a spy, reports it to the 30 Philistines. They likely laughed heartily to themselves. Samson has thought to take their goods by rudely forcing them into a bet. But they have fooled him! They have used his wife to win the bet, and now Samson will have to pay them a huge sum.
But it is Samson who will have the last laugh. He first demonstrates that he knows what they have done, in his clever verse about them plowing with his “young cow.” He does pays them, as he is obligated to do; however, to obtain the payment, he goes to the next town and slays 30 Philistines, then gives their clothes to the 30 Philistines in the wedding party. He then returns home, abandoning his deceitful wife, who marries the best man.
Samson cannot drink wine and cannot cut his hair. He might wish that he had taken a vow of celibacy, as well, for this is not the last time a bride will betray him!
Meditation : Prayer : Good shepherd, seek me out, and bring me home to your fold again. Deal favourably with me according to your good pleasure, until I may dwell in your house all the days of my life, and praise you forever and ever with them that are there. ....Amen |
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