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Topic: -- Monday, 8/16/10 -- SET APART FOR GOD -- Judges 13:2-5
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From: "J.R. & Bonnie Ricks" <j-r-and-bonnie@dogwoodministries.org>
Date: Aug 15 04:50PM -0500
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SET APART FOR GOD -- Judges 13:2-5 NIV
A certain man of Zorah, named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, had a
wife who was sterile and remained childless. The angel of the LORD appeared
to her and said, "You are sterile and childless, but you are going to
conceive and have a son. Now see to it that you drink no wine or other
fermented drink and that you do not eat anything unclean, because you will
conceive and give birth to a son. No razor may be used on his head, because
the boy is to be a Nazirite, set apart to God from birth, and he will begin
the deliverance of Israel from the hands of the Philistines."
Samson was to be a Nazirite, a man set apart for God. The angel told his
mother to "drink no wine or other fermented drink and that you do not eat
anything unclean." Then when Samson was born, he was not to have his hair
cut - ever. He would be set apart for God from birth. From the moment of
conception, Samson was sanctified.
You and I are also sanctified. Through the death and resurrection of Jesus
Christ, we are set apart for God's service. We are not like other people.
We are different. We are strangers, aliens in an evil world. That's why
when we speak about what God has done for us, most people think we're not
operating on all cylinders, or they look at us like we have two heads. But
God has chosen you and me to be adopted into His holy family. and we've
responded. We have become His children. the sheep of His pasture. That
same "position" is available to everyone who will respond. As Jesus said in
John 6:40 (NIV), "For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son
and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the
last day."
Each and every one of us is precious in His sight. His love for us is
indescribable, incomprehensible, unconditional. In response to that love,
we are to demonstrate our love for Him. by acknowledging that we are set
apart. by wholeheartedly participating in His service. by loving Him in
return for His incredible love for us. In gratitude and in humility, we are
to accept the assignment he gives us and serve Him with all our hearts and
with all our minds.
Meditate today on what it means to be set apart for God's service. Think
about what you can do each day to show Him - and the world - that you love
Him.
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