Samson

Samson Steven Keith
From Judges 13-16 we learn about the life of a man named Samson. Samson is one of
my favorite Old Testament characters because he is a man of great strength. However, Samson
did not really accomplish anything for the people Israel. Some positive aspects about Samson’s
life are that he was a Nazirite from birth, which meant he was to have no razor set upon his head
and that he was specially set apart to God and for his service. Samson made a lot of mistakes.
However, at the end of his life God used him to begin to rescue the nation of Israel from the hand
of the Philistines. Samson was given super human power and he failed to use his power in
proper ways. Samson was in a way very cocky and he thought he could do whatever he wanted
because he was so strong. Killing a thousand men with a jawbone of a donkey and carrying the
city gates away are amazing feats that not even the World’s Strongest men of today could even
dream of doing. Samson was in his mind, the ultimate man of strength. Samson’s weakness of
women in the end cost him his life. Samson for the most part was careless and pretty much
didn’t care what others thought or what God thought. Samson simply did as he pleased and in
the end suffered for it. God in his ultimate power used Samson to accomplish his purposes
despite the failures and mistakes made in Samson’s life. As Christians we can learn that men
of great strength also have areas of weakness. Thus, Samson was a man of great strength, but
he was also a man of great weakness.