God had a lot of plans for Samson. I wrote yesterday about how even before Samson was born, God had met with his mother to tell her that he was going to be used by God.
You know what Samson did while he was being used by God?
Judges 15:4 - killed 300 foxes by starting them on fire in order to burn the Philistines crops
Judges 15:8 - "Viciously" kills many Philistines to get revenge for killing his wife and her father
Judges 15:15 - Picks up a donkey's jawbone and kills 1000 Philistines
Judges 16:1 - Spends the night with a prostitute
Judges 16:3 - Wakes up in the middle of the night and steals the doors from the city gates and Gaza
Judges 16:4 - most likely has relations with Delilah
Judges 16:6-14 - lies to Delilah multiple times about where his strength comes from
Judges 16:30 - Blindly collapses the Philistines temple, killing over 3000 people
I hope you don't ever feel like you're too far gone to be used by God! Don't ever feel like you've messed up too much for God to use you.
We don't know a whole lot about Samson that made him a good person, but he listened when God called. We're never going to be able to completely separate ourselves from sin, but we can make sure that we move when God asks us to. We can make sure that our ears are open and that our hearts are willing to hear God's call and worship His name when the opportunities come.
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