Judg
15:16-18 (ESV) And Samson said,
"With
the jawbone of a donkey,
heaps
upon heaps,
with
the jawbone of a donkey
have I
struck down a thousand men."
17 As
soon as he had finished speaking, he threw away the jawbone out of his hand.
And that place was called Ramath-lehi.
18 And
he was very thirsty, and he called upon the Lord and said, "You have
granted this great salvation by the hand of your servant, and shall I now die
of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?"
NOTE: So Samson has
a great victory over a thousand Philistine soldiers, and then he is overcome by
thirst to the point that he cries out to God for deliverance. I see this all
the time in myself and other believers. No matter how great the victory or the
experience of God's presence, the newest difficult is always the greatest. And
it seems that we forget the past victories, the past experiences, and the past
faithfulness of God at that one singular moment. And in that moment, God will
provide, and then we will forget that provision when the next painful
occurrence of life strikes at us. Why is it so hard to walk by faith? Do we
really believe that God cares for us? And if we did, we would not worry about
whether or HOW God chooses to answer our call for help.
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