FAITH CAPSULE: Doing according to the word of God is dwelling and abiding in the secret of God.

Judges 16

The testimonies of God are rooted in His word.
The word of God is the strength, the secret for anyone who hears and does according to the word of God.
The word of God will come to locate one not to become a failure in the calling for the assignment of God.
At the time Samson’s parent was barren with no child, the word of God, that is strength, secret, came to the parents of Samson (Manoah and his wife) saying, “Now there was a certain man from Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had no children. And the Angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, “Indeed now, you are barren and have borne no children, but you shall conceive and bear a son. Now, therefore, please be careful not to drink wine or similar drink, and not to eat anything unclean. For behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. And no razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.” (Judges 13:2-5)
The word of God visits the parents of Samson because they dwell in the secret (word) to be engaged, to avoid failure in the purpose of the calling of God.
Samson’s wife (Delilah) knows about the strength of Samson but does not know the secret of his God-given strength. Judges 16:6 records, “So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength lies, and with what you may be bound to afflict you.”
In the documentation of the secret revealed to the parent, doing according to the word is abiding.
Dwelling is getting to know the secret while doing according to the word is abiding in the secret.
Samson did not abide by the secret.
Samson, positioned himself outside of the word by not living by the word (secret) of God.
Judges 16:15-17 documents how Delilah pressed Samson to reveal the secret of his strength: “Then she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and have not told me where your great strength lies.” And it came to pass when she pestered him daily with her words and pressed him, so that his soul was vexed to death, that he told her all his heart, and said to her, “No razor has ever come upon my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaven, then my strength will leave me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.”
To know the secret belongs to be dwelling but not do according to the secret is evidence of not abiding.

Prayer for today: Ask that you will not be a victim of not dwelling and abiding in the secret of God.