Month: August 2025

A few days back, we were examining the desire of Samson for a Philistine wife, and we were able to conclude that God was using that desire as a means of conquering the Philistine. The problem now is that Samson became consumed by his lust and gave in to Delilah. He forgot the purposes of God, and yielded on the bed of a strange woman. This is what immorality can do to a man, making him forget his purpose and consecration and becoming a victim of the enemy. This is why we need to be cautious not to fall into this situation like Samson. We must not forget God’s purposes and the consecrations we are supposed to live by.

Yesterday, we looked at how God’s Spirit backs up those who move in the purposes of God for their lives, like we saw with Samson. He did the impossible because God was with him, and we see that it is important that we walk according to the purposes of God for our lives. But, as Samson went about being filled with the Spirit of God and defeating the Philistines, at one point in chapter fifteen, he had killed a thousand men with a donkey’s jawbone. Now, he was tired and thirsty. What did he do?

Yesterday, we saw how God occasioned a feeling in Samson, which was to lead him to the fulfillment of God’s purposes for him. He was drawn towards Philistine women, but the goal was that God was trying to occasion an avenue to defeat the Philistines, it was not about Samson marrying them. Samson had drawn his parents to follow him to Timnah to marry a woman he had seen, and this created an avenue for Samson to do the impossible.

Four days ago we began looking at the parents of Samson, and how he came to be. We saw yesterday that they responded to the news of the birth of Samson by worshipping God, even when they had not seen any manifestation yet, but only because of the Word of God. Samson has been born, and in chapter 14 we see how his life begins to play out.

Yesterday, we saw the importance of asking God for direction, leading and help in the things He has handed over to us. We saw this example from Manoah, a man of faith, who sought God for direction and instructions on how to handle the promise of God to his family. After Manoah prayed this prayer, we see in verse 9, that God heard him and sent the angel to his wife again. This time, she went and called her husband to see him and hear from him.

For the last two days we have seen through Judges chapter 13 we see the interesting story of how the angel of the Lord visited the wife of a man named Manoah, a Danite. He informed her about a child she was going to give birth to, making her conceive even in her state of barrenness. This child was going to be a Nazirite, and yesterday we concluded that just like this child, God was us to live a life of consecration. God is always ready to use people of consecration.

Yesterday, we saw how it is the purpose of God for us that we are fruitful. Fruitfulness is not a ‘maybe’ for us as believers, it is a ‘constant’ because that is what we are made to do on earth. That the world is influenced by our fruits and God is glorified through us. However, there is one required factor for truly living a fruitful life, and that is Consecration. 

When God created man in the very beginning, one of the major purposes mentioned according to Genesis 1:28 is fruitfulness. This means that it is the will of God that everyone is fruitful in all areas, because it is the sole purpose of man. The goal of fruitfulness is to replenish the earth, i.e.  to take charge, influence and govern the earth. What does this mean? It means that fruitfulness is the way through which we can transform the world for Jesus. By producing godly seeds, by producing godly traits and attitudes, by speaking godly words and living godly lives. We begin to influence the world for Christ. This is being fruitful.

As we live on earth and shine God’s light to the world, there is every tendency for people to see that light and paint us as extraordinary men who have done great things. This was the situation Gideon experienced in Judges 8. In Acts 14:11-13, the Apostle Paul and Barnabas were even called gods when the people saw the works of their hands in Lystra. In many other situations we have seen people ascribe to men the glory of the things they have seen through them.

When Gideon and his three hundred men stood against the mighty Midianite army, they didn’t lift a sword in the first phase of the battle. Instead, they simply obeyed God’s unusual instructions: blow the trumpets, break the jars, and shout. At that moment, the Lord Himself caused confusion in the enemy’s camp, and the Midianites turned their swords against one another. By the time Israel advanced, their enemy was already defeated.