Please read Judges 15.
www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/jdg/15/1/s_226001
Meditate on verse 19a.
But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi so that water came out
of it.
When he drank, his strength returned and he revived.
Recall God’s purpose for Samson was to “begin to deliver
Israel from the hands of the Philistines” (Judges 13:5). In the stories you
have read so far, he has killed at least 1,030 of them (Judges 14:19; 15:15).
After killing 1,000 Philistines he was very thirsty, so he called on the LORD
for help (vs. 15-18). Samson was dependent on the Spirit of God for his
extraordinary strength, and he needed the LORD for a drink of water (vs. 14,
19).
Jesus said, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and
drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being
will flow rivers of living water’” (John 7:37b-38). Jesus was talking about His
Spirit (John 7:39).
If you are a Christian, the same Spirit of the LORD that
gave Samson the power to tear a lion apart with his bare hands lives inside of
you (Judges 14:6)! The same Spirit of the LORD that let Samson kill 30
Philistines lives inside of you (Judges 14:19)! The same Spirit of the LORD that
removed the bonds from Samson and enabled him to kill 1,000 Philistines with a
donkey’s jawbone, lives inside of you (vs. 14-15)!
Drink deeply of His Spirit and use the words from Judges
15:18-19 to pray over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a
faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).
“LORD, You have given great deliverance to ________ and me.
Let us drink You, our Living Water.
Let our strength return. Revive
us!
In Your name, Jesus~”
The Watchman on the
Wall 2 – Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell
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