No Eyes, Clear Sight

No Eyes, Clear Sight By Kirk Hunt

Then the Philistines took him and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza. They bound him with bronze fetters, and he became a grinder in the prison.

Judges 16:21 NKJV

The mill stones crushing the grain would have made a low, steady growl in Samson’s ears.  In weather hot and dry, or cold and wet, Samson did the work of a horse.  Or mule.  Or ass.

Either in haunting silence or with a chorus of tormentors, Samson walked his circle in darkness.  The man who had once burned Philistine grain fields now made flour for them.  I am certain the irony was not lost on Samson or his Philistine captors.

Do not be angry at the Philistines: Samson’s life had been shrouded in darkness for years.  Samson’s lust, willfulness and disobedience had long since blinded him to God’s truth and call.  The Philistines, heathen foreigners, should have been guided to God by Samson.  Instead, Samson’s lack of spiritual vision became his lack of literal vision. 

Blinded and in prison, Samson finally saw the light.  Chained to a millstone, he was free to spend time with God.  Despite all he did wrong, Samson still remembered the correct way to love God.

God had not abandoned Samson.  When Samson finally figured out his own errors, God was there.  Arms open.  Restoration was just a prayer away.

Samson is named as a hero of faith in Hebrews 11.  Despite his mistakes and errors, he returned to God.  God always faithfully restores the truly repentant.  No matter how dark it seems, you are not alone.  God is waiting, arms open, to restore you.

Think:       God is faithful and constant, even if I am not.

Pray:         “Lord, forgive me.  Lord, restore me.”

 

Copyright © October 2018, Kirk Hunt

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