The story of Samson found in Judges 16 can be viewed as a tragedy on the surface, but the core principle of the story is one of dependency and victory in brokenness, failure, frailty, etc.
In verse 30, the scripture informs us that when Samson became disabled (blind and handicapped), he ended up killing more of his enemies in death, than when he was alive and whole and fully functional. When he was broken and made disabled from his wholeness through losing his sight and strength and that which he always relied on, he was brought to a new level of dependency on God. As he submitted to death, the grace of God birthed an anointing in him to accomplish a greatness he could never achieve in the peak of his wholeness and prime!
Die to self!
"Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me" - John 12:24-26
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