If
You Had Not Plowed
With
My Heifer,
You
Would Not Have Solved My Riddle.
Scripture
Judges
14
17 She cried
the whole seven days of the feast. So on the seventh day he
finally told her, because she continued to press him. She in turn
explained the riddle to her people.
“What
is sweeter than honey?
What is stronger than a lion?”
What is stronger than a lion?”
Samson
said to them,
“If
you had not plowed with my heifer,
you would not have solved my riddle.”
you would not have solved my riddle.”
Observation
Women
were Samson's downfall!
For
a guy that had the super natural strength to kill 1000 men with the
jawbone of a donkey, he was super weak and stupid when it came to
women.
Samson
jokingly said in Judges 15:16 “With
a donkey’s jawbone I have made donkeys of them. With a
donkey’s jawbone I have killed a thousand men.” But the
reason that he had to kill all of those men was because of his
attraction to a woman, who made a donkey out of him.
Samson
had not established any guardrails in his life when it came to the
opposite sex and falling
in love with Delilah
was his ultimate downfall. I wonder what Samson could have done and
could have been if he had just established boundaries in his life.
Don't
kid yourself. You will be tempted to cross the line. Satan loves to
use the opposite sex to trip us up. If you are married or engaged to
get married you better establish some boundaries, some guardrails, on
what you will do and not do with the opposite sex. Let your spouse or
fiance know what your guardrails are so he or she can hold you
accountable.
The
guardrails for my life are included in the list below:
Rick
Warren's Saddleback Church's Staff Standards for maintaining moral
integrity:
1.
Thou shalt not go to lunch alone with the opposite sex.
2.
Thou shalt not have the opposite sex pick you up or drive you places
when it is just the two of you.
3.
Thou shalt not kiss any attendee of the opposite sex or show
affection that could be questioned.
4.
Thou shalt not visit the opposite sex alone at home.
5.
Thou shalt not counsel the opposite sex alone at the office, and thou
shalt not counsel the opposite sex more than once without that
person's mate. Refer them.
6.
Thou shalt not discuss detailed sexual problems with the opposite sex
in counseling. Refer them.
7.
Thou shalt not discuss your marriage problems with an attender of the
opposite sex.
8.
Thou shalt be careful in answering emails, instant messages,
chatrooms, cards, or letters from the opposite sex.
9.
Thou shalt make your secretary your protective ally.
10.
Thou shalt pray for the integrity of other staff members.
"And
do not let sexual immorality, or any impurity, or greed be named
among you, as these are not proper among saints" (Eph. 5:3).
Application
I
will never grow too old to not respect and obey the guardrails that
God has given me for my life. How about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, I know that the story of Samson is more than just a story of
someone with super natural strength. It is also a story of what
happens when we have no control in our lives. Help me to be a person
of integrity. Don't let me mess up. I pray that you always show me
how to get out of situations that could cause me to yield to
temptation and sin.
I
pray for those reading this blog. Help them to be on guard. Help them
to establish guardrails in their lives to protect their marriage and
their ministry. Help us to be smart.
Daily
Bible Reading: Judges 13,14,15,16; 2 Corinthians 2
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