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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 2 of 5
Judges 14:14-20; Judges 15:1-8
The victories of the believer do not tire him out nor weaken him, but on the contrary give him spiritual nourishment and sweetness. That is what the honey, found in the lion’s carcass, means. But this is a secret which the world cannot understand because it would rather find its enjoyment in its entertainments (v. 10). This is a mystery for the unconverted man – how can a Christian find pleasure and food for his soul in the place where he himself sees nothing but terror and death (the power of Satan destroyed by Christ’s death; Hebrews 2:14)? Samson puts his riddle to the Philistines who would not have been able to explain it if Samson’s wife had not betrayed the secret. A little later, his father-in-law breaks his word to him (Judges 15:2). The world is always deceitful and misleading. If we, like Samson, place our confidence in the world, or become entangled in its pleasures, we shall be bitterly disappointed.
God looks after His servant by keeping him clear of this marriage to a Philistine. But all the anxiety and worry, which he brings on himself, could have been avoided if he had listened to his parents. And God would certainly have given him another "occasion against the Philistines" (Judges 14:4).
