DESPITE OURSELVES

I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets, who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised.... whose weakness was turned to strength. Hebrews 11:32-34

Hebrews Chapter 11 is a catalogue of men and women who lived by faith. We may think of them as the heroes of the faith, but if we are honest, it’s more like a police collection of photography of known suspects. How does our grandfather Samson get a mention? You look almost in vain for his redeemable features. Rahab was a prostitute who lied on behalf of the Israelite spies and yet is commended for her faith.

Faith is a disposition of trust in God that looks to God to work. If I put faith in a chair, I let the chair do something for me. If I put faith in a car, I let the car do something for me. Putting faith in God is passing the responsibility to God and letting Him do something.

When Samson was attacked by a lion, ‘The Spirit of the Lord came
powerfully upon him, so that he tore the lion apart with his bare hands’ (Judges 14:6); and ‘the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him’ (14:19), when he attacked the Philistines in Ashkelon. This doesn’t
justify the mess he was making of his personal life, but it does mean that when he cried out to God, God intervened. We don’t have to get ourselves cleaned up to trust God, we come as we are. But as He works in us and through us, His holiness will begin to permeate our lives. *Righteousness is never found in ourselves, it is found in God.*

Are you living the Christian life by works or by His strength?

PRAYER: Heavenly Father, thank you for hearing me anytime I call upon you.... Amen🙏🏼

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