With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was sick to death of it. So he told her everything. “No razor has ever been used on my head,” he said, “because I have been a Nazarite dedicated to God from my mother’s womb. If my head was shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would because as weak as any other man.”
Judges 16:16-17
Don’t sell your soul because your tired in the battle.
Samson was dedicated to God from the time he was conceived. As he grew on this earth, God filled him with strength to protect and be judge of the Israelites. However, he had a downfall, as we all do, and his happened to be women. Every woman he loved tried to cause harm to him because of their people who were against the Israelites. Delilah, the last of the women, kept trying to find the source of his power. She nagged and nagged, annoying him so much that he couldn’t handle it any longer, and he ended up giving up his God-given gift because he couldn’t fight anymore.
It would be so much easier if each battle we fought was short lived, so in our own strength, we could persevere. Yet, I believe, God intentionally allows the battle to be long so we don’t depend on ourselves but on Him.
God desires for us to lean into Him when we feel like giving up and He will STRENGTHEN us.
I know what it is to be in need, and I know what in is to have plenty . I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all things through him who gives me strength.
Philippians 4:12-13
Nothing, not wealth, not someone’s love, not death, Nothing is worth more to me than my relationship with Christ. And I would rather endure every battle, whatever cross I have to bear, than give it up for anything.
I’ve personally been in many long-suffering battles. In some of them I’ve lost almost everything, but in losing “things” I have gained so much more in Christ. Jesus gave me strength in every battle to persevere enabling me to see an even more beautiful abundant life beyond the battle ground.
I don’t know what battle you are in, but don’t give up. Lean into Jesus, Look to Jesus, and allow Him to fill you with strength.
“Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.”
Romans 5:3-5
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