“And
Delilah said to Samson, ‘Tell me, I pray thee,
wherein thy great strength lies’.” Judges 16:6
What is our price for selling out
God, His men, His laws, His work? The world cynically says that everyone has a
price. If so, what is ours? Would great fame be a good trade-off for God? How
about great riches, or a beautiful vacation home where we could idle away all
the hours of every weekend? What would we give in exchange for our walk with
God? When the great missionary William Carey was offered an ambassadorship in
India, he said it was too small a thing for which to exchange the work of God.
Delilah had a price. She wooed
Sampson promising him pleasure and the pride of life. But what she offered were
lies and death, and she sold him for less than he was worth. Satan wants to
know our price, but he wants to know it not for our benefit but for our
destruction. Beware of selling out to the things of this world and missing the
things of the next.
Dear Father, Keep us steadfast and
faithful through Your Spirit. Amen.
The Friday Benediction
Until Monday, my friends, may the good God envelop
you with His grace; may you prove the common confession of faith, “I believe in
the holy Christian church and in the fellowship of the saints”, and may you be
enriched with joy and hope as you exercise that confession this weekend. Amen
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