SOMETIMES WE TALK TOO MUCH

PROCLAMATION

“… Thou hast mocked me three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.  And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words … so that his soul was vexed … he told her all his heart, and said unto her, ‘There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother’s womb; if a be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and be like any other man.’  And … Delilah … sent and called for the lords of the Philistines …’ Then … the Philistines came … and brought money ...”  Judges 16:15-18

 

EXPLANATION

These are the words of God which were written under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God by the Prophet Samuel.  After his victory over the Philistine army, (Judges 15:13-16) Samson fell in love with Delilah another Philistine woman. (Judges 16:4)  The Philistine rulers urged her to find out the secret of his power so they could subdue him, and the offered to each give her eleven hundred pieces of silver. (Judges 16:5)  She asked Samson three times to tell her the source of his strength, and three times he gave her the wrong information. (Judges 16:6-15)  Finally Delilah nagged him so until he told her the whole truth.  Then she quickly told the Philistine rulers.  When he fell asleep, she had a man cut off his hair. (Judges 16:15-19)  The Philistines then seized him, gouged out his eyes, bound him with shackles, and took him to Gaza.  There they tied him to a grain grinding machine. (Judges 16:19-21)  The Philistines gathered to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon and to celebrate the defeat of Samson.  But the hair on Samson’s head began to grow.  While they were in high spirits, they brought Samson out of prison to perform for them. (Judges 16:22-25)  Samson asked to placed where he could feel the pillars that supported the temple.  Then he prayed to The Lord to strengthen him one more time and let him get revenge on the Philistines.  Then Samson pushed against the pillars and they crumbled and the temple collapsed killing himself and all of the three thousand plus Philistine men and women who were inside the temple. (Judges 16:25-31)

 

APPLICATION

Sometimes we talk too much, even to friends, family, and loved ones.  Some things we need to keep to ourselves and share them only with The lord God in prayer.  We really should not be mad at people who tell others our secrets, we couldn’t keep it to ourselves and we told them.