Today's Passage: Judges 13-14
There is no doubt that God calls certain people to certain tasks. The Bible is loaded with stories of men and women whom God calls to do something special and specific for Him. We can also see this in our world today. Some people are called to be great businessmen, others are called to be pastors or teachers, still others are called to be soldiers and serve their country. Judges 13-14 shows us another example of God picking a specific person to follow Him in a unique way.
Although it is a great privilege when people are called by God to do great things for Him, it is also a great responsibility. Samson's parents are met with the responsibility during the pregnancy. There were special rules that Samson should follow. In essence, Samson was to live a different lifestyle than most of those around him. Like many of us, this different lifestyle became a burden, and he was often tempted to look and act like those around him.
Aside from specific calling, we all know that we are called to love and follow God. This great privilege of knowing and following following God comes with a great responsibility. We, like Samson, will be tempted to forgo this responsibility in order to look and act like those around us. To borrow an illustration from Kid's Camp this summer, "We are ducks living in a world of penguins. We see mostly penguins around us. We want to act like the penguins, even though we are actually ducks. However, we must stay with our true identity and live like ducks!" I pray that we all have the courage to live as followers of Jesus, instead of followers of the world.
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