Today’s Reading: Judges 12 & 13
What a blessing this must have been for Samson’s mom
and dad. They had sacrificed for him,
and prayed for him before he was born and as he grew up. And now, they could see the blessing of the
LORD begin to come upon him. The Spirit
of the LORD began to stir him. Oh, what
joy this brings to any Christian parent!
Watching their child be stirred by the Holy Spirit. There comes a time in every child’s life when
his/her parents can only stand back and watch as God’s Spirit begins to move in
their child’s life.
Samson
was a man who was born into a godly family, whose miraculous birth was
announced by a visit from an Angel, and upon whose life was a specific calling
from the Lord. So, in His perfect
timing, God began to stir him. The Hebrew word for “stir”
here is “pa’am” which literally means “to agitate; to thrust; to push.” God’s
Spirit began to “thrust” Samson. He was
pushing Samson into ministry, urging him to step up and assume the Divine
calling upon his life.
It
is a blessed thing to have the Spirit of the Lord stirring in your life. You
can’t describe it, but you can feel it – sense it. It is a spiritual sense that comes upon you
that you cannot ignore. It is a sense of
unrest that pushes you to say, “It is time to start. It is time to move
forward. It is time to get things done!”
This sense of stirring happened when you first accepted Christ at the
urging of the Holy Spirit upon your soul. As the Holy Spirit convicted you,
your heart was stirred and you, by faith, were born again into a new life in
Christ. What an amazing and precious day
that was!
This
same sense of stirring happens again when the Holy Spirit is calling you to do
a work for His kingdom. In His perfect
timing, He will urge you, agitate you, and push you forward to a new service
for Him. Don’t ignore the stirring of
God. (Actually, you couldn’t even if you tried.) Think of it! God loves you and has a wonderful purpose for
your life. Everything that has happened
to you has led you to this point. And
now, God stirs you. Listen to that
persistent tugging on your heart that just won’t go away. Get up and do
it! It is time! Let God thrust you into fulfilling His
purpose for your life.
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