And
when he [Samson]
came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the
Spirit of the LORD
came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became
as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his
hands. And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand,
and took it, and slew a thousand men. And Samson said, With the
jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I
slain a thousand men. And it came to pass, when he had made an end
of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and
called that place Ramathlehi. And he was sore athirst, and called on
the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the
hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into
the hand of the uncircumcised? But God clave an hollow place that
was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk,
his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name
thereof En-hakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day. And he judged
Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years. Judges, Chapter
15, verses 14-20.
This
isn’t the story we focused on in Sunday school about Samson and
Delilah. This was before that time in Samson’s life. I like this
passage because it shows me how powerful God is. Samson was bound
and the Philistines wanted to kill him. Sampson was tied up and God
made the cords come off of Samson’s arms easily, which is the first
miracle in this passage. The next miracle is when God allowed Samson
to kill a thousand Philistines all by himself with just the jawbone
of an ass.
I’ve
seen lots of war shows with one group fighting against the other.
The whole screen is filled with people fighting and lots die. In
this case, the movie screen would have been filled with a thousand
people trying to kill Samson. Samson would be fighting them all by
himself with only a jawbone of an ass, a skeleton he found there.
Samson killed each and every one of them by himself. Of course,
Samson really wasn’t alone; God gave him this ability. After this
was over, Samson thought he was going to die of thirst. Then, God
had the third miracle happen. Water came out of the skeleton
(jawbone of the ass) so that Samson could drink the water and be
refreshed.
It
is easy for me to read right through this passage and not pay any
attention to how God had His hand in these situations. This gives me
a greater sense of God’s involvement in our lives and what He is
capable of. If He can have one man conquer an army of a thousand, He
can surely take care of our daily needs!
Because this is an example of how I’ve applied this Bible passage to my life, it doesn't necessarily reflect the whole meaning of the passage.
This is a connection I've made from this Bible passage. Please share your connections.
Please click on comments below to share your suggestions. Thanks! Debbie
