Judges 15:20 (KJV)
And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
Samson judged Israel for twenty years, yet during that time he had only begun to deliver Israel from the Philistines. He never completed that work. The final step would come through an act of tragic greatness.
His life was an enigma. He was strong, Spirit-empowered, and capable of tremendous feats, yet he was also unpredictable, impulsive, and passionate—often in the wrong direction.
God used Samson, and his story remains one of the most familiar and instructive accounts in all the book of Judges. Still, his life is not one we would recommend anyone try to imitate.
I see shades of Samson in many of history’s most notable leaders.
- Unpredictable.
- Perhaps unlikeable.
- Passionate.
- Powerful.
Capable of great good or great evil.
Some made poor decisions and bore the consequences—men like Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee.
Others wrestled with the pressures and contradictions of their times—Thomas Jefferson and George Washington.
And some are remembered only for their wickedness: Hitler, Napoleon, Stalin.
The rest of us stand back and either admire or tremble at the effect their presence leaves on the world.
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Power Without Stability: Samson and the Puzzle of Human Greatness
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