Friday, the 13th

So it happened, when their hearts were merry, that they said, “Call for Samson, that he may perform for us.” So they called for Samson from the prison, and he performed for them. And they stationed him between the pillars.  Then Samson said to the lad who held him by the hand, “Let me feel the pillars which support the temple, so that I can lean on them.” Now the temple was full of men and women. All the lords of the Philistines were there—about three thousand men and women on the roof watching while Samson performed.Then Samson called to the Lord, saying, “O Lord God, remember me, I pray! Strengthen me, I pray, just this once, O God, that I may with one blow take vengeance on the Philistines for my two eyes!”  And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars which supported the temple, and he braced himself against them, one on his right and the other on his left. Then Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” And he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people who were in it. So the dead that he killed at his death were more than he had killed in his life. And his brothers and all his father’s household came down and took him, and brought himup and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. He had judged Israel twenty years.(Judges 16:25-31)

What an "unlucky" day for the Philistines! They had schemes  and captured the great and mighty Jewish leader Samson. He was now their entertainment.  He was a circus side show. But for God . . . .

Samson finally calls on God and God answered. It was no secret to God's strength! He was and is the all-powerful and ever-living God! Even in our shame, our despair, our embarrassment, our darkest hour, we can call upon God.

Won't He do it?