Gleanings from the life of samson – Part 2

God decided to pass through a man called Manoah and his wife to bring about the birth of Samson, who would become a judge and a deliverer of Israel out of the hands of the Philistines. We were told that his wife was barren and she had no child, and that is why God decided to go to the family that had no child. Samson’s family was not the only family that didn’t have a child in the scripture. We remember that Abraham’s wife, Sarah was childless until she turned 90 years old; we remember that Isaac had some experience with child bearing and Jacob also had some experience with one side of his family; we remember that Samuel’s mother had that experience until God visited her with a special child and we remember that in Luke Chapter 1, the man named Zechariah and his wife, Elizabeth had such experience. God visited Manoah and his wife because He wanted to do something. God can visit anybody, anytime and anywhere. He makes a choice; He is God.

The angel said to Manoah’s wife, you will conceive and bear a son, please be careful of this child; do not drink wine; do not eat anything unclean; no razor shall come upon his head; he shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb, and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hands of the Philistines (Judges 13:4-5).

Judges 13:5 reads: “He shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. “He will begin,” he may not complete it, but he will begin. In these days in which we found ourselves, we cry for revival. We need people through whom God will begin to deliver the Church from all the deceits of the enemy, from every chain, and from everything with which the devil has bound the Church, which has turned the church into a group of people where many are no longer aware and sensitive of spiritual realities. Many people are walking about anyhow with satanic slavery and bondage, even in some of the churches, and we need Samson of today who will begin to deliver these people that are held in satanic chains and bondage.

Samson was called to be a special child from the womb who shall be holy and separate himself unto God all the days of his life, and if he defiled himself, his former days shall be lost (Numbers 6:1–21). Samson was a man God wanted to use and we need Samson today, people that God will use.

We have read the scripture, the man that God will use will separate himself from the world system; separate himself from evil; separate himself from sin; separate himself from the flesh, and separate himself from everything that is contrary to God.

The man that God will use among people should separate himself, man or woman and consecrate himself because he wants God to use him. What does this mean? It means that you will not be like every other pastor; you will not be like every other man; you will not be like any other church leader; you will be different, and you will not be like any other elder. In one of the hymns that we sing every day, one of the stanzas say, “Consecrate me now to thy service Lord.”
Today’s Nugget: A man that God will use will separate himself
Prayer: I separate and consecrate myself unto God
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Rev. Pastor Ejikeme Ejim, General Superintendent, Assemblies of God Nigeria.