Use Your Talents For God!

Use Your Talents For God!

Now Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman, of the daughters of the Philistines; And when he came back he asked his parents to get her in marriafe. But they  said to him, Is there no woman among all our people, that you can have to be your wife. But Samson refused. Now his father and mother had no knowledge that this was the

purpose of the Lord, who had the destruction of the Philistines in mind. Now the Philistines at that time were ruling over Israel. Then they went to Timnah, and came to the vine-gardens and a young lion came rushing out at him. And the spirit of the Lord came on him with power, and, unarmed as he was, pulling the lion in two as one might do to a young goat, he put him to death; but he said nothing about it to his parents. A few days later, he went back to see the dead body of the lion, he saw a mass of bees in the body of the lion, and honey there. And he took the honey in his hand, and went on, tasting it on the way; and when he came to his parents he gave some to them; but did not say that he had taken the honey from the body of the lion. Then Samson went down to the woman, and made a feast there, as was the way among young men. And Samson said, Now I have a hard question for you: if you are able to give me the answer before the 7 days of the feast are over, I will give you 30 linen robes and clothing; But if you are not able to give me the answer, then you will have to give me 30 linen robes and clothing. And they agreed, Out of the taker of food came food, and out of the strong came the sweet. And at the end of 3 days they were still not able to give the answer. So on the 4th day they said to Samson's wife, Get from your husband the answer by some trick, or we will have you and your father's house burned with fire. Then Samson's wife, weeping over him, said, Truly you have no love for me; you have put a hard question to the children of my people and have not given me the answer. And he said he told none. And all the 7 days of the feast she went on weeping over him; and on the 7th day he gave her the answer, because she gave him no peace; and she sent word of it to her people. Then on the 7th day, before he went into the bride's room, the men of the town said to him, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And the spirit of the Lord came rushing on him, and he went down to Ashkelon and, attacking 30 men there, took their clothing from them, and gave it to the men who had given the answer to his hard question. Then, full of wrath, he went back to his father's house. But Samson's wife was given to the friend who had been his best man.

Lesson to be Learnt:

            Samson had a great calling. He was given the gift of great strength and power by the Lord. Power enough to split a lion into two with bare hands. But through this passage we can see that he misuses the power for his personal gain and also he did not care to do the right things in the sight of the Lord. For example it was forbidden to touch a dead body in Israel, Samson knew the law but he failed to keep it. There are many of us today, whom the Lord has gifted with great talents. Are we using it in the right way? Are we using it to honor God? Or do we use it for our own divisive ways. Think about it! Some people think they don’t have even a single talent. But that’s a lie that the devil tells you. We are all uniquely created by the Lord. We all have a rare talent. Search it, find it within you and use the most and best of it for the Lord!.

1Peter 4:10

(CEV)  Each of you has been blessed with one of God's many wonderful gifts to be used in the service of others. So use your gift well.

(Hindi) जिस को जो वरदान मिला है, वह उसे परमेश्वर के नाना प्रकार के अनुग्रह के भले भण्‍डारियोंकी नाई एक दूसरे की सेवा में लगाए।

(Kan) ನೀವೆಲ್ಲರು ದೇವರ ವಿವಿಧ ಕೃಪೆಯ ವಿಷಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಒಳ್ಳೇ ಮನೆವಾರ್ತೆಯವರಾಗಿದ್ದು ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಬ್ಬನು ತಾನು ಹೊಂದಿದ ವರವನ್ನು ಎಲ್ಲರ ಸೇವೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಉಪಯೋಗಿಸಲಿ.

(Mal) ഔരോരുത്തന്നു വരം ലഭിച്ചതുപോലെ വിവിധമായുള്ള ദൈവകൃപയുടെ നല്ല ഗൃഹവിചാരകന്മാരായി അതിനെക്കൊണ്ടു അന്യോന്യം ശുശ്രൂഷിപ്പിന്‍ .

(Tamil OV)  அவனவன் பெற்ற வரத்தின்படியே நீங்கள் தேவனுடைய பற்பல கிருபையுள்ள ஈவுகளைப் பகிர்ந்துகொடுக்கும் நல்ல உக்கிராணக்காரர்போல, ஒருவருக்கொருவர் உதவிசெய்யுங்கள்.

(Telugu)  దేవుని నానావిధమైన కృపవిషయమై మంచి గృహనిర్వాహకులైయుండి, యొక్కొకడు కృపావరము పొందినకొలది యొకనికొకడు ఉపచారము చేయుడి.