FAITH CAPSULE: God’s secret is for the believer not to become a victim of the wicked world.

Judges 16

The testimonies of God are His testimonies.
The word of God is the strength of God and the secret of God to man.
When His word locates man by entering into the heart, the strength of God will become man’s portion.
The word of God will come to locate one not to become a failure in the calling for God’s assignment.
At the time of Samson’s parent were barren with no child, the word of God that is strength, secret, came to the parents of Samson (Manoah and his wife) as Judges 13:2-5  records, “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.”
God’s word above for Samson was received by his parents for Samson to be engaged secretly, to avoid failure in the purpose of God’s assignment.
Samson’s wife (Delilah) knows about the strength of Samson but did 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.”
Just like Samson, are you one with God’s word (strength) for you, to be kept as a secret?
Samson was not following God’s word with his heart to keep God’s word but revealed God’s word to his wife that represented the enemy of his life.
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.”
Are you keeping testimony of God, His strength, His secret for you not to become a failure in God’s calling over your life?
Learn from the testimony of Samson to be keeping the word of God as the secret for your strength not to become a victim of the wicked world.

Prayer for today: Ask God to order your mind not to become a victim of the wicked world.