Mobile Daily Devotional with Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel Week 26, Day 4, Wednesday, 30 June, 2021 TOPIC: OUR GOD FORGIVES AND FORGETS

“1 Now Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the  Philistines.

2 So he went up and told his father and mother, saying, “I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines; now  therefore, get her for me as a wife.” 

3 Then his father and mother said to him, “Is  there no woman among the daughters of your  brethren, or among all my people, that you must go and get a wife from the uncircumcised  Philistines?” And Samson said to his father, “Get her for me,  for she pleases me well.”

“4 Afterward it happened that he loved a woman  in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. 

5 And the lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, “Entice him, and find out where his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, that we may bind him to  afflict him; and every one of us will give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.”  6 So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me  where your great strength lies, and with what you may be bound to afflict you.”

If I were God, I would have been done with Samson and search for someone like Joseph for a replacement, but it’s unfortunate, I am Emmanuel who can’t tell God what to do, (Smile). Many times, long ago, God has forgotten our sins, He is just waiting for us to pick up our piece, stand to our feet and start moving. To learn from our mistakes and apply it, but we are still sink down in our unforgiveness, we need to wake up.

Samson couldn’t realise that women and wrong decision were his problem. He went against God’s instruction and force his parents to do his bidding. Then he fell into the hands of a woman who will end His reign over Israel but he knew not. His down fall came and swallowed him up. But, one day, he realized he was sent by God to deliver the Israelite and knew God still love him, then he cried out to God, 

“28 Then Samson called to the LORD, saying, “O  Lord GOD, remember me, I pray! Strengthen me, I  pray, just this once, O God, that I may with one  blow take vengeance on the Philistines for my  two eyes!”

29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars which supported the temple, and he braced himself against them, one on his right and the other on his left.

30 Then Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” And he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people who were in it. So the dead that he killed at his death were more than  he had killed in his life.”

God has forgiven those sins you refuse to let go. He is waiting for you to get up and complete the race ahead of you. Samson finished God’s will concerning his life despite the wrong request to die with his enemies but God still forgave him, wiped his sins and listened to his request. Cry to God this morning and forgive yourself of your past sins.  Ask for the grace to move on with the race. He has forgotten your wrongs.