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Man of God, Samson

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Because you will conceive and give birth to a son. No razor may be used on his head, because the boy is to be a Nazirite, set apart to God from birth, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hands of the Philistines." [Judges 13:5]

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The Israelites left God’s side without hesitation and even served idols instead of following the words of God and worshipping Him.

And God left the Israelites when they started serving the idols.

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The Israelites lived like slaves of Philistia when God abandoned them.

They served Philistia for 40 years.

But God already had a plan to save them from their agony.

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Manoah and his wife lived in land of Zorah.

But they didn’t have a child.

Their biggest wish was to have a child.

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And one day, the messenger of God appeared to Manoah’s wife.

“Soon you will bear a child. And that child will save Israel from Philistine

You must not touch dirty thing and unholy thing; indeed you must not drink wine nor strong drinks. When that child born and grow up you must not cut his hairs. That child is a chosen one of God.”

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And the women told her husband what happened.

When Manoah heard about this he wished to meet the messenger of God.

So he prayed.

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One day, God answered to his prayer.

The messenger of God appeared again

when Manoah’s wife was working in the field, but Manoah was not there.

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She rushed to her home.

“Dear! The messenger of God is in the field. Let’s hurry and meet him.”

“Really? Then let’s hurry and meet him.”

Manoah was greatly pleased.

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Manoah talked to him.

“Are you the one who was talking to my wife?”

He answered. “Yes I am.”

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Manoah spoke again. “If the child is born as you have told us, how should we raise that child?” When the messenger of God heard those words, he told him what was told to his wife.

“Your wife should follow what I told her before. Anything comes from grape tree must not be eaten and neither wine nor strong drinks are allowed. He must not eat anything that is unholy. She must follow this word.”

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Manoah talked to the messenger of God with joy.

“Wait here for a while. I will cook some food for you.”

He responded.

“I won’t eat the food, if you desire you can prepare a burnt offering

Manoah did not notice that man was an angel of God.

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The Manoah asked,

“What is your name, sir?”

He replied “How dare you ask for my name?

 I am called as unexpected one because I am much greater than you think.”

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Manoah followed the word of angel and sacrificed a young goat with some cereals upon one big rock.

And that time God showed some miracles.

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Fire rose to sky from the altar. And the angel flowed to the sky with fire.

Because of this Manoah and his wife faced the ground with frightened heart.

And that time they noticed he was an angel of God.

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As the angel had said, a very strong and healthy baby was born.

They named him Samson.

Samson, he is a man of God separated from other to save Israelites from Philistia.

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As Samson was distinguished from others as a child of God who was born with blessing. We are a people of God who were saved by Jesus Christ with his blood. So as a children of God who were been separated as a special one, we should behave and live a holy life just like when Samson was young.