"Samson, Military Army Of One"

"It is a sad fact of Christian experience that if you are a Christian committed to growing and maturing in Jesus Christ, you will often be hindered the most by other Christians who have become accustomed and accommodated to an anemic, wishy-washy spiritual life."*

In the book of Judges chapter 15 Samson's radical commitment contrasts Judah's wretched compromise. Samson's actions and motives were not always the best, but he carried out God's will. He treated the compromisers among whom he lived graciously since they were God's people. However, he alone did what God had called him to do when he defeated the Philistines. Today many Christians compromise with the world as the Judahites did. Samson's example encourages us to radical obedience even if we have to stand for God alone.

*Inrig