Return to the Lord When You Still Can!

Return to the Lord When You Still Can!

Now the Philistines took Samson and put out his eyes; then they took him down to Gaza, and, chaining him with bands of brass, put him to work crushing grain in the prison-house. But the growth of his hair was starting again after it had been cut off. And the chiefs of the Philistines came together to make a great offering to their god, and to be glad; for they said, Our god has given into our hands Samson our hater. And when the people saw him, they gave praise to their god; for they said, Our god has given into our hands the one who was fighting against us, who made our country waste, and who put great numbers of us to death. Now when their hearts were full of joy, they said, Send for Samson to make sport for us. And they sent for Samson out of the prison-house, and he made sport before them; and they put him between the pillars. And Samson said to the boy who took him by the hand, Let me put my hand on the pillars supporting the house, so that I may put my back against them. Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and about 3000 men and women were on the roof, looking on while Samson made sport. And Samson, crying out to the Lord, said, O Lord God, do have me now in mind, and do make me strong only this once, O God, so that I may take one last payment from the Philistines for my two eyes. Then Samson put his arms round the two middle pillars supporting the house, putting his weight on them, on one with his right hand and on the other with his left. And Samson said, Let death overtake me with the Philistines. And he put out all his strength, and the house came down on the chiefs and on all the people who were in it. So the dead whom he sent to destruction by his death were more than all those on whom he had sent destruction in his life. Then his brothers and his father's people came down and took him up and put his body to rest in the earth between Zorah and Eshtaol in the resting-place of Manoah his father. And he had been judge of Israel for 20 years.

Lesson to be Learnt:

                        Samson was tempted to sin to the extent of losing God’s favor for him. He was in a miserable condition when he lost God’s favor. He must have felt a lot of guilt for the mistakes he made. Yet he chose to return to God and ask Him for His favor one last time. Its never too late to ask the Lord to forgive you and take you back and to love you as He always did. Samson called the Lord at the last moment, He made a good choice to call the Lord than to die as a sinner. And the Lord still listened to his prayer and gave him back his strength for the one last time. So dear friend, never feel lonely when the Lord corrects you. Run back to the Lord and humble yourselves before Him. For His anger may last for a moment but His mercy endures forever.

Psalm 30:5

 (Hindi) क्योंकि उसका क्रोध, तो क्षण भर का होता है, परन्तु उसकी प्रसन्नता जीवन भर की होती है। कदाचित् रात को रोना पके, परन्तु सबेरे आनन्द पहुंचेगा।।

(Kan) ಆತನ ಕೋಪವು ಕ್ಷಣಮಾತ್ರ. ಆತನ ಕಟಾಕ್ಷವು ಜೀವವೇ; ರಾತ್ರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ದುಃಖವು ತಂಗಬಹುದಾದರೂ ಬೆಳಿಗ್ಗೆ ಆನಂದವು ಬರುವದು.

 (Mal) അവന്റെ കോപം ക്ഷണനേരത്തേക്കേയുള്ളു; അവന്റെ പ്രസാദമോ ജീവപര്യന്തമുള്ളതു; സന്ധ്യയിങ്കല്‍ കരച്ചല്‍ വന്നു രാപാര്‍ക്കും; ഉഷസ്സിലോ ആനന്ദഘോഷം വരുന്നു.

(MKJV)  For His anger is only a moment; in His favor is life. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.

(Tamil OV)  அவருடைய கோபம் ஒரு நிமிஷம், அவருடைய தயவோ நீடிய வாழ்வு; சாயங்காலத்தில் அழுகை தங்கும், விடியற்காலத்திலே களிப்புண்டாகும்.

(Telugu)  ఆయన కోపము నిమిషమాత్రముండును ఆయన దయ ఆయుష్కాలమంతయు నిలుచును. సాయంకాలమున ఏడ్పు వచ్చి, రాత్రి యుండినను ఉదయమున సంతోషము కలుగును.

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