ABOUT TEMPTATIONS (Part 2)
“O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God!
how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!” (Rom
11:33).
When Potiphar’s wife asked Joseph to lie with her, the devil in her
that was instigating the strange lust wanted to eclipse Joseph’s destiny. He
wanted to truncate not just the young man’s life but also the extended salvation
plan that God had in store for the Jewish race.
This was not the first time, and this would not be his last. Many
centuries later, he tried it again with a certain Israelite judge named SAMSON.
This time, he succeeded.
Or so it seemed.
Sometimes,
God has a way of messing up the devil’s mess.
If Satan had
looked at Samson’s life after Delilah, he must have really thought he had him
there. He didn’t just tempt Samson; he actually succeeded and got him blinded,
literally. But clearly, GOD AND SAMSON had other things in mind. Samson turned
around in the end and wiped out a great deal of the devil’s people in the
process. The plan to push Samson into
oblivion didn’t succeed because, clearly, his story is set in scriptures for
all eternity.
However, it
is not simply the fact that Samson is mentioned in the Bible that’s the big
issue here, but WHERE he is mentioned. Samson is mentioned in the book of
Judges, and also somewhere in the New Testament; in Hebrews chapter 11, OF ALL
PLACES!
Hebrews 11
is a listing by the Holy Spirit of the names of great people of faith that are
worth emulating. He mentioned Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Joseph... and in
the end, He said, “And what shall I say more? For the time would fail me to
tell of ... SAMSON”.
I can
imagine the devil’s heart skipping a beat the first time he saw that.
SAMSON?
Satan really
went to great lengths to bring Samson down. He probably assigned special demons
for his case. We know Delilah was not just any prostitute; she was, for all
purposes and intents, a hired assassin. If that’s what we see in the physical
we can infer even more was going on in the spiritual realm.
“And all
that effort for what?” (Says the devil), “To have his name listed among the
spiritual giants of the Old Testament?”
Hebrews
11:32 is probably one of the most frustrating verse for the devil.
If you are blessed,
you are blessed. The devil CANNOT have the final say in your destiny. When he
thinks he has done his worst, then comes God to do His best. Never let the
devil trick you into thinking he has destroyed your destiny; (he doesn’t know
it anyway, he just has an idea).
Do not let him
deceive you into believing you have sinned beyond recovery, or that you have
really disappointed God this time, (it’s impossible to ‘disappoint’ an omniscient
being in the first place).
Be like
Samson, believe and know that God still loves you and will receive you back. God
will turn every mess into something so beautiful, the devil will have to bang
his head on the nearest wall.
Remember
Hebrews 11:32!
AMEN.
We’ll
continue on these thoughts tomorrow.
More
Blessings Await you today, you’ll not miss them in Jesus Name.
GREG
ELKAN
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