All things work together for God, to those who love the LORD. Samson loved the LORD, and he died in battle, killing more in his death than in his life Judges 16: 30. But to get to the end, the glorious end, he succumbed to a lady. She was the cause of his, from our perspective, ruination. Judges 16: 16-17 Samson succumbed. Many a person has succumbed in the same way Samson did. His strength left him verse 19b. And the LORD left him verse 20. A good life, was now, to be a sad life. He lost what he had worked for, fought for. And yet, as we believe that our days are set, we cannot exceed the day allocated to us; and as the manner of death is established, via a tower or murder; then all was in God’s total control. Raise up Samson, cause him to fall to the thing he wanted most in life, and then he suffered an ignominious life. He wanted strength, to kill as many as he could, for the loss of his two eyes verse 28. We are really caught between a rock and a hard place. We do, what we are born to do, but do not see that includes many failures. We try as hard as we can, and so we should, to live a moral and upright life. And yet, all the time, unbeknown to us, is God’s plan. And we do not know, whether that leads us to Samson’s end, or a life, quietly drifting away, in a peaceful, moral plane of existence, that many others have. Ecc 1:2 Solomon saw it all as meaningless. Everything is meaningless. We are happy one moment, very blessed, then remember which situation we are in, and then are able to say, it’s all meaningless. We rebound and say - the LORD gives meaning to our lives, and yet within, we see not what we have, but we look at what we do not have. What we desire. The question is a simple one; can we fight off, that which we want, but are forbidden to have? Or do we take what is forbidden, and enter self-destruction mode, perhaps with a final great finale? Is it worth it? Life is not all beer and skittles. And when you see others in the garden, you remember you are gardenless. It’s easy to say - its ok, I understand; but then again, no-one can possibly understand, except the one conscious of the end of Samson, and what caused it,. In all of this we have the LORD. Conscious that there is a plan, but not knowing what the plan really involves. Hence the cry, of save me from myself. Ps 69:6 may those who hope in you, may not be disgraced because of me, was David’s cry. Samson never cried that out like David. David knew who he was. He knew what he wanted. And he knew what the cost could be upon others. And in all this, others are oblivious. If you go to the garden, it must be after dawn, so you do not awaken the sleeper. That was what Paul said, what a wretched man I am. But at all times, you must, must focus on others. May God be gracious.
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