The Power of a Consecrated Life

Today’s Through the Bible Reading: Judges 13-16

Abbreviated Reading: Judges 13

“…for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb…” Judges 13:5

The story of Samson is one of sad syncretism, the result of intermingling holiness with human desire, and spiritual power with sin.

Samson’s life began beautifully. An angel announced his conception. He had a divine purpose and was set apart to God from the womb (Judges 13:3–5). He was anointed by the Spirit with unsurpassed strength. His life was full of potential. Yet Samson chose to mingle the godly with the ungodly, the consecrated with the defiled. As a result, Samson’s life concluded in captivity, blind and tied to a grindstone (Judges 16:21–22).