Episode 66: He Didn't Realize the Lord Had Left Him

<p class="p1">In Podcast Episode 66, “He Didn’t Realize the Lord Had Left Him,” Kim discusses the circumstances of Samson’s loss of physical strength, and, more importantly, the loss of spiritual connection.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">The primary scripture text for this episode is Judges 16:4-21 with the focal scripture of 20:</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">20 Then she cried out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!”</p> <p class="p1">When he woke up, he thought, “I will do as before and shake myself free.” But he didn’t realize the Lord had left him.</p> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p1">Some of the saddest statements in scripture:</p> <ul class="ul1"><li class="li1">21 “Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter. 22 On judgment day many will say to me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.’ 23 But I will reply, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you who break God’s laws.’ (Matthew 7:21-23)</li> <li class="li1">7 “Do everything they say to you,” the Lord replied, “for they are rejecting me, not you. They don’t want me to be their king any longer. (1 Samuel 8:7)</li> <li class="li1">19 The disease grew worse and worse, and at the end of two years it caused his bowels to come out, and he died in agony. His people did not build a great funeral fire to honor him as they had done for his ancestors. 20 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. No one was sorry when he died. They buried him in the City of David, but not in the royal cemetery. (2 Chronicles 21:19-20)</li> </ul> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">Resources:</p> <ul class="ul1"><li class="li4"><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj-1SmPthQI'>“Heal Me” by Aaron Jeoffrey</a></li> <li class="li1"><a href='https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/Aaron-Jeoffrey-2/He