Just Like Samson

Well here is the explanation. Many years ago I saw a band named Scaterd Few in St. Paul, MN and afterwards a bunch of us talking with The singer Allan Aguire. As I remember it someone asked him what bible character he related to and he said Samson. It was something like this(forgive me Allan, my memory is less than perfect) "Samson was this guy who God blessed in a huge way with an amazing gift and he totally blew it but in the end God forgave him and used him again." It struck me at the time that I was that guy too. I think that when it comes down to it a lot of us are pretty much like Samson. God blesses us, we screw up and turn our backs on him and he forgives us and still chooses to use us. I'm also reminded of the fact that God once used Balaam's ass too, so I guess it's no surprise.

I think there are a couple of points we can get from this and they are nothing new but here goes. For one thing God is ever gracious especially when we don't deserve it, and second when he does chose to use us dregs, us losers, it is for his glory not because we are special. One of my favorite sections in the Bible talks about this

1st Corinthians-26Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. 27But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, 29so that no one may boast before him. 30It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.

This is sort of my life passage. I think of the Steve Taylor Song Jesus is for Losers.

By now if you have read this you realize why I title my blog deep thoughts from the shallow end. Nothing new here, but there is really nothing new under the sun anyways. More later.

Jon