Judges 16:6
So Delilah said to Samson, “Tell me the secret of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”
Are you a TV dinner or a casserole? What I mean is, does your life look the same no matter where you dip into it, or is it compartmentalized with different ingredients in different areas?
Sampson was a gifted warrior for God. Devoted and disciplined, he had taken a Nazarite vow, from birth. He never drank alcohol, never cut his hair, and in many areas of his life he was rigorously committed to God.
However there was at least one area that Samson kept God out of... his love life. Sampson was not wise when it came to women, and was not interested in God's input in this area. This would prove to be his Achilles heel and would cost him his eyes, and eventually his life.
So again I ask, are you a TV dinner or casserole? Does your life look the same through and through, or are there areas of your life where God is not welcome? Would the people you go to church with see the same guy if they visited your office, or does you life look different depending on where you dip into it.
If you're a TV dinner, what is your Delilah? .... Where is your Godless area? Is it your career? Your tongue? Your marriage?...
If so, like Samson, the results can be disastrous. You were created to consistently ".. walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called" Ephesians 4:1
Take an honest look in the mirror, and tear down any walls you have allowed in your heart. Be so full of Christ that He permeates every area of your life. "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." Hebrews 13:8 Don't allow a Delilah to steal your integrity and eliminate your strength.
Are you a TV dinner or a casserole? What I mean is, does your life look the same no matter where you dip into it, or is it compartmentalized with different ingredients in different areas?
Sampson was a gifted warrior for God. Devoted and disciplined, he had taken a Nazarite vow, from birth. He never drank alcohol, never cut his hair, and in many areas of his life he was rigorously committed to God.
However there was at least one area that Samson kept God out of... his love life. Sampson was not wise when it came to women, and was not interested in God's input in this area. This would prove to be his Achilles heel and would cost him his eyes, and eventually his life.
So again I ask, are you a TV dinner or casserole? Does your life look the same through and through, or are there areas of your life where God is not welcome? Would the people you go to church with see the same guy if they visited your office, or does you life look different depending on where you dip into it.
If you're a TV dinner, what is your Delilah? .... Where is your Godless area? Is it your career? Your tongue? Your marriage?...
If so, like Samson, the results can be disastrous. You were created to consistently ".. walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called" Ephesians 4:1
Take an honest look in the mirror, and tear down any walls you have allowed in your heart. Be so full of Christ that He permeates every area of your life. "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." Hebrews 13:8 Don't allow a Delilah to steal your integrity and eliminate your strength.
"Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite."
- Charles Spurgeon
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