Don Fredenburg
Jim Tucker
H.E. 'Hub' Bowen
Mike Coble
Ron Bowen7/19/2018
Judges 4:5-6 Then Samson went down to Timnah with
his father and mother, and came as far as the vineyards of Timnah; and behold,
a young lion came roaring toward him. The Spirit of the LORD came upon him
mightily, so that he tore him as one tears a young goat though he had nothing
in his hand; but he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.
Judges 16:20 And she said, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" And he awoke from his sleep and said, "I will go out as at other times and shake myself free." But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him
Samson is a powerful example of a man of God who won his battles over and over again because the Spirit of the Lord came upon him. Yet when he was finally defeated by Delilah's temptations he didn't realize that the Lord had left him, so effective was the woman's spell.
The enemy is subtle and the temptations of the flesh can so quickly quench the presence and power of God's spirit that we may not even realize it has happened. But this anointing of the Holy Spirit is our Life and our victory. Opposition can be destroyed and burdens can be lifted when His wonderful Presence fills and rests upon us. Our greatest battle is maintaining that internal communion with Him by His Spirit. Temptations, bad habits, our sinful nature, all these collaborate to rob us of this holy anointing, our communion with God, and our only real power over every enemy!
James 4:7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
