Judges 14 - Praying God's Word

Please read Judges 14.

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Meditate on verses 3b and 7.

But Samson said to his father, “Get her for me, for she looks good to me.”

So he went down and talked to the woman; and she looked good to Samson.

These meditation verses introduce the theme of Judges: “Every man did what was right in his own eyes” (Judges 17:6). Contrary to God’s law (Deuteronomy 7:3-4), Samson chose to marry an idol-worshipping Philistine simply because she looked good to him. In his eyes, it was the right thing to do.

King David lived with the consequences of seeing a woman who looked good to him, then doing to her “what was right in his own eyes” (2 Samuel 11). He wrote: “Transgression speaks to the ungodly within his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes, for it flatters him in his own eyes” (Psalm 36:1-2a).

Ask the LORD to put “fear of God” glasses over your eyes; let them filter everything you see. Make decisions based on what is right in God’s eyes, not what is right in your own eyes.

Use the words from Judges 14:3, 6, and 19 to pray over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“Spirit of the LORD, come upon ________ and me mightily

 to do what looks good to You. 

Let us not get something (or someone) because it looks good to us.

Keep our eyes on You, Jesus~”

The Watchman on the Wall 2 – Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell