STRONG BUT INDISCIPLINED - Part 1

 ANCHOR OF LIFE DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE

SUNDAY, 24TH APRIL, 2022

Author: PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE

General Overseer

TOPIC: STRONG BUT INDISCIPLINED - Part 1

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MEMORIZE: “He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.” Job 36:10.

SCRIPTURE READING: Judges 16:1-3

“1 Now Samson went to Gaza and saw a harlot there, and went in to her. 2 When the Gazites were told, "Samson has come here!" they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city. They were quiet all night, saying, "In the morning, when it is daylight, we will kill him." 3 And Samson lay low till midnight; then he arose at midnight, took hold of the doors of the gate of the city and the two gateposts, pulled them up, bar and all, put them  on his shoulders, and carried them to the top of the hill that faces Hebron.”

EXPOSITION:

To be Strong means “To be very powerful and difficult for people to fight against or defeat. To hold an opinion or a belief very firmly and seriously not to be changed by any means. Not easily upset or frightened, nor easily influenced by other people. An act of being determined to do what you want to do, even if other people advise not to. To be firmly established, difficult to destroy or to be defeated...” On the hand, indiscipline is the trait of lacking discipline. It is failure to control your behavior or obey simple rule. To be strong but indisciplined means lack of control over one’s life, taking one’s strength for granted and not minding or be watchful of one’s weakness. 

Act of indiscipline in any leader (strong man) is like a cancer in the blood that kills. It has ability to destroy life and one’s testimony (destiny). Discipline makes you a man of dignity and honour while indiscipline brings shame and dishonor. Samson was a strong man, one man battalion. He was the only champion warrior without human army. He rose against the Philistines and slew one thousand of them at a time and became a threat to them. He was mighty in all his days and no one could confront or challenge him. But his life of indiscipline finished him. He gave himself to uncontrolled appetite for sex (lust). This led him to disobey God by violating the divine guidance for him. Samson earned disgrace and untimely death due to his indiscipline.

Examine yourself today. Is it not the forbidden things you treasure in? Is God having pleasure in what you cherish? Can God commend you before men for what you are doing? Many children of God, most especially, the men of God, had ended their lives halfway due to lack of discipline. Samson realized this too late. If you a victim of being strong but indiscipline, seek God’s intervention now and He will have mercy and restore you back to your original state of better living.

PRAYER POINT:

i. Lord, don’t let it be too late for me to realize my weakness in Jesus name.

ii. Help me to do the needful today and be blessed in Jesus name.

DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR – 1 Chronicles 34-36

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