Today is Wednesday, May 22, 2019, and here is your daily devote. We too allow our pride to lead us into the ditches of life. We too get stuck in situations, and after trying to wiggle out on our own, realize we cannot, here we can learn from Samson. When we are stuck in our sin, instead of exhausting all the other options, and then turning to God, we need to turn to him first.
We shouldn't tinker around with other ways, ideas, and strategies. We should turn to God immediately and watch how he works. There is no need to wait until we are helplessly stuck. It's good and right to admit our mistakes and shortcomings, but it is not enough to merely admit them.
We must cry out for God's mercy as well. Admitting our missteps and spiritual miscalculations is much easier than crying out to God in complete humility. Help me, I'm stuck, I've got nothing, you are my only hope. This is the heart cry of someone who is depending on God.
This is the place Samson finally reached. It took him some time and some pain, but God led him to where he had needed to be all along. Think about this, like Samson, what successes in your life might lead you to put your trust in yourself rather than in God? How can we maintain a strong sense of dependence on God?
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