Last night, at the Men’s Bible study that meets in my home, we were talking about the foolish risks that Samson took. In the book we are going through together, The Samson Syndrome, Mark Atteberry talks about watching a war movie.
In that movie a group of soldiers are walking casually across an open field when one of them suddenly spots a land mine. At the top of his lungs, he screamed, “MINES!” and the soldiers all froze in their tracks. No one dared move a muscle. All casual conversations came to a halt, and cold sweat broke out on their faces.
The writer brought out the fact that life is a mine field. Satan sets subtle, almost invisible traps everywhere. That’s why we need the Word of God. Psalm 119:105, “Your Word is a lamp for my feet and a light for my path.” God’s word will show us where the mines are. It keeps us from making that one fatal step or taking that one foolish risk that could ruin our lives.
The writer reminds us that, unfortunately, we often fail to give the Word of God the attention it deserves. It is often the strongest, most confident soldiers in the platoon that get their legs blown off.
Lets read and heed the Word of God before we take another step!
In that movie a group of soldiers are walking casually across an open field when one of them suddenly spots a land mine. At the top of his lungs, he screamed, “MINES!” and the soldiers all froze in their tracks. No one dared move a muscle. All casual conversations came to a halt, and cold sweat broke out on their faces.
The writer brought out the fact that life is a mine field. Satan sets subtle, almost invisible traps everywhere. That’s why we need the Word of God. Psalm 119:105, “Your Word is a lamp for my feet and a light for my path.” God’s word will show us where the mines are. It keeps us from making that one fatal step or taking that one foolish risk that could ruin our lives.
The writer reminds us that, unfortunately, we often fail to give the Word of God the attention it deserves. It is often the strongest, most confident soldiers in the platoon that get their legs blown off.
Lets read and heed the Word of God before we take another step!
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