Weaknesses

So just as things were on the up and up I let myself fall again. Big surprise right? I seem to start off a post like this every 3 weeks or so. Well I got to thinking about it and I thought of someone else in the Bible who had tons of God given talent and almost threw it all away. It led to a big fall for him because he did not guard himself and look out for his best interest. I am a few days away from my recruiting video and now more than ever would be a good time for me to pray and for you to pray for me so please do so. Also, let me know if you need prayer for anything and I will be sure to address it. I have found that trying to be passive with sin is not a very good way to go about dealing with it. When I try to let something go by just trying to ignore it, it always comes back to haunt me. Dealing with a weakness is one of the best ways to become strong. Improving your strengths is key but eliminating the weak points in your relationship will help you to become even more than you ever thought you could be. I know that if I did this, I would be like 10 times happier everyday and I would have a hard time falling because I would have ousted everything that hinders my perception of everyday life and living for God.

The person I am referring to who had their weakness is Samson, God made him so talented and gave him all this strength and blessed him with so much. Then, knowing his weakness, he gave up his secret because his emotional weakness was Delilah because he loved her so much and wanted her to feel the same way so he gave up the fact that his hair was his the secret to his strength even when he knew that something bad would happen. Delilah was his weakness and that was exploited and it led to his fall. He had his hair cut and he had his eyes gouged out so that he could not see, I do not know about you but I think that would be painful and would not be fun to be blind as the end result. Fortunately for Samson, God had something bigger planned for him and we see this in Judges 16:26-30 which states, "Samson said to the servant who held is had, 'Put me where I can feel the pillars that support the temple, so that I may lean against them.' Now the temple was crowded with men and women; all the rulers of the Philistines were there, and on the roof were about three thousand men and women watching Samson perform. The Samson prayed to the Lord, 'O Sovereign Lord, remember me, O God, please strengthen me once more, and let me with one blow get revenge on the Philistines for my two eyes.' Then Samson reached toward the two central pillars on which the temple stood. Bracing himself against them, his right hand on one and his left hand on the other, Samson said, 'Let me die with the Philistines. Then he pushed with all his might, and down came the temple on the rulers and all the people in it. Thus he killed more when he died than when he lived." Sure all we see here is pretty much how Samson recovered from his weakness though he did not really overcome it. However, we can learn that unless we can get past what is sometimes pulling us back, we will always be held captive and could end up falling for good. Why leave your relationship contingent upon one minor detail that you are unwilling to let go? Satan is going to exploit that weakness until you do something about it because he will get to you anyway he can and if you leave a door open, he does not knock but he walks right in. Do not leave yourself vulnerable to be kicked to the ground because before you know it, you are being kicked while you are down and there is no defense unless you can turn and give it all back to God.

I have areas I need to work on and ignoring them will not help. I feel like I fall back into the same stuff occasionally and I do not want to end up like Samson where my big fall comes as a result of me failing to take care of something in my life that is detrimental to me. Not necessarily something that is causing me sin but leaving temptation that I could take out of my life and not doing it. We are supposed to keep ourselves out of situations that will potentially hurt us. I know how to make the necessary changes in order to do this, it is just a matter of doing it and I will keep you all updated on how I am doing. I think this is a good lesson for us to learn and we need to apply this in all aspects of life.

I leave in the next few days for Arizona, so pray that I have a good last day at work tomorrow. I hope you all had a good night.

God Bless,

Joseph Robinson