Lessons From Samson - Surviving The Anointing | Pastor Shane Idleman

[Music] you I want to talk to you this morning from the book of Judges if you have your Bibles you can turn to judges 16 chapter 16 verse 16 lessons from Samson lessons from Samson in case you're thinking well you're just doing that because you don't have a sermon ready for today well I had today's sermon ready days ago on The Book of Proverbs all nice and neat and ready to be printed but I have to listen obviously to those promptings of the Holy Spirit and and usually God will put something on my heart that's weighty until I deal with it that way does not lift it and that weight was what should I do with it this morning but the main title is surviving the anointing surviving the anointing and I don't know how many of you aware of this but this could be a good lesson this morning on this word anointing what do you think of when you hear that word because some people think of oh here he goes again you know we think of the hyper Pentecostals or the charismatic sand anointing anointing anointing anointing and are you aware that actually the name of Christ means Anointed One and the biblical definition of anointing is God has put his spirit on a person for a purpose anointing to be anointed of God that's a high calling it's a very good calling but here's what I don't think you are aware of first John 2:20 says that all true believers have an anointing from the Holy One so if you are a believer this morning you believe in Jesus Christ you have the Holy Spirit in you I've come to serve notice on you that you have an anointing of God to do something for God and many people think well the pastor has to have an anointing well I think the businessman and the dad needs one just as much the single mom the mother who's working I mean we the 19 because we tend to elevate and God doesn't elevate he's no respecter of persons what he's called a person to do is no different than what he's called me to do so what happens is the anointing of God comes upon your life as the Holy Spirit is given rule and reign in your life and I believe the more anointed you obeah is is measured by the the degree that you give up your own will and submit to the will the Holy Spirit because once when you submit to the work of the Holy Spirit and you say God whatever you want to do watch out because that anointing comes upon you in a very strong way it's God calling you to do something and here's basically what the anointing does you are called to be fruitful you are called to be fruitful now I know many of you came in this morning not feeling that way that's why so I'm so happy that pre said that about that song yes I will because that is what she said I don't know if you realize it but it is absolutely biblical and correct I will worship you regardless how I feel I will worship you regardless of the darkest valleys most people are hindered in worship even this morning because they're fighting on the way to church or they watched a bunch of garbage last night they don't wake wake up but the fire of God they're barely dragging in how can I drive two hours to Disneyland with my kids and it's perfect peace but I can't get 15 minutes over that mountain disturbing that peace what we're watching at night what we're viewing in the morning our attitudes and we come in here handcuffed and it's no secret that but I don't know 25 people here this morning for morning worship I see them all through in their worshipping why because they've been saturated in the presence of God the anointing that presence of God and you can tell your your flesh you will cement you will submit yes I will worship Him so you're to be fruitful but you're also to be a fighter you will fight when the anointing is on you as it is with all believers who have surrendered to the work of God you will become a fighter and we don't like that do we but it really it kind of parallels with the United States and and people say well I don't want to get involved well too bad you're already involved Christians say that well I know I don't want to get involved I'm just want to be a secret Secret Service Christian and and I just want to kind of you know I just want to kind of come to church and just I don't want that too late you're already in you're in the fight if you are a child of God you are against the works of the enemy and you are in a fight for your soul for your families for your children you are in a fight so fast-forward now I'm not going to talk about the whole life of Samson but judges 16:16 and most know but I shouldn't assume that everyone knows Samson was a mighty man of God and pretty much anyone has heard of Samson that knows anything about the Bible even unbelievers and they know about Samson they know about Delilah they know the story but Samson was anointed by God to fulfill a mission to deliver God's people from bondage so God anointed that person even from his mother's womb that she took a Nazarite vow there was a so this is important because you have to understand there was a consecration on Samson's life he was consecrated because God said I'm going to call you to do something that means you have to be consecrated you have to be set apart so that's my challenge for you this morning is that is your call as well the thats why the church shouldn't like look like the world we should there's a there's a difference I have to have because of this no anointing upon my life in your life I have to be different there's a there's a consecration there's a setting apart because when we set ourselves apart to do God's work or fill with the Spirit of God when we don't and we're just led astray by the the flow of the world we are not filled with God's Spirit and you know that's a miserable place to live don't you that's why I believe most Christians aren't fulfilled is they know there's something more I know God's I hear that a lot I know God's called me to and you fill in the blank but I'm detour to my destiny I'm sidetracked I actually took this out this morning but I think it's relevant because I can't get out of my mind when you are anointed with the Holy Spirit the world will hate you the culture will be against you and people say but that's not true Jesus everybody loved Jesus try this we could just go somewhere and say did you know Jesus said he's the only way the only truth the only life you can't get to God but through Jesus you watch what happens and when I read the New Testament right ooh get through twice a year and I keep coming upon these verses or Jesus rebuked entire cities because they didn't repent oh cores and Bethesda oh the good works that were done in tyre and sidon were done in you you would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes and humility that's what that was a it was a humbling he rebuked entire cities he rebuked religious leaders yes he was a friend a sinner but he never caved into sin I want to be careful here but and I don't want to say anything because I'm trying to verify it but just a few days ago one of our favorite high-profile worship leaders just came out and said I don't know if gay gay marriage is wrong or homosexuality is wrong we sing her songs what happens because these people need to be filled mightily with the Spirit of God the reason there's so much confusion on what does the Bible say I don't know is because you're not spending time in his presence broken before him looking to his work because when you fill it the Spirit of God of that spirit is a spirit of boldness its authority they said of Jesus no man ever spoke like that man what do they mean that the authority the boldness to say this is wrong this is right this is God's will this is not and from that authority then that boldness the people said he's not like the other teachers he speaks with authority and boldness so Christian leaders pastors whoever you are spend time in God's broken prayer closet being filled with his spirit so that's where we find herself with with Samson he was through many trials and setbacks and he was about ready to go through hell and he meets Delilah of course and here's what happened it came to pass when she pestered him daily with her words and pressed him so his soul was vexed to death have you ever been there I will tell you right now that is one of the tools with the enemy he will use that to be pestered and pressured and pressured and pressured and and then what happens when he pressures you he wants you to explode do you ever explode and rage is that what happened I guarantee you weren't having a great day there was a pressured and pestering here's verse 17 he said enough enough of this I'm he told her all of his heart be careful guard your heart in the multitude of words sin is not lacking so those of you who like to talk a lot be careful and get us in trouble can it no razor he said has ever come upon my head for I have been a Nazarite to God from my mother's womb if I am shaven then my strength will leave me and I shall become weak and be like any other man so Samson had this great strength great strength from God and I personally believe it wasn't just the hair you know he's got hearing now he doesn't know it's it's it's it's a it's a symbol of consecration if I if I remove this symbol of consecration I will draw the Spirit of God from me and this is why many people when they're caught in sin the Spirit of God has been withdrawn from them not in the way of Samson I'll explain that in a minute but it's actually the Holy Spirit's been quenched and grieved in them and they they lose that anointing they lose that that unction that power well I'll tell you what I can tell a difference as sure as night is that is different from day when I speak at different places and the Spirit of God is not there and I'm every sentence doesn't happen you too much here and I'm praying Lord just get me out of this Lord Oh God fall please God Holy Spirit where are you God and just you're just going through it's like bricks or falling out of your mouth and the people are yawning they're looking at their clock the clock Seymour their watch you know and their phones now it's just where's the Spirit of God where's that anointing where's that power and sometimes it's because the whole atmosphere there's a there's a there's a sense of darkness and of a kind of oppression especially depending on where you speak and where you're bringing that I felt that big time at the college when I when I debated the atheist and also spoke about knowing God at the college you just fill this but you go and you take spiritual authority so let's talk about a few things pestered pester to annoy repeatedly to be pressed and pressured if any of you came here this morning feeling that so far I'm doing pretty good this week these aren't hitting me but it does sometimes pestered and and pressured so point number one surviving the anointing involves knowing who to run to when you are pressured knowing who to run to because here's why it's so critical most of us run back to what sin when I'm pressured when you're pressured you run back to sin what is that sin you fill in the blank last week we talked about pornography for some lasts anger addiction a pills doubt unbelief I'm amazed how many people run back to unbelief and bitterness towards God because of pressure I've had enough so the very thing you should be running to is the very thing you're running from and that's where I believe Sampson started to you know here's what he shouldn't you know I'm done with you woman you are you are not a benefit to me we are unequally yoked we shouldn't be sleeping together I'm out of here I'm fleeing this instead of feeling it that pestering in that that that that that pressure I feel it sometimes pressure to perform people it happens a lot on Sunday people's now that was such a great how how you can do that again next Sunday I have no clue thank you for pressuring me but I did learn many years ago that like I shared it unless God's Spirit moves it's pointless and I'm actually not trying to better myself every single Sunday this is that's impossible and there's nothing to better it's just you come broken before God you share what he's put on your heart and you let the chips fall where they may and it's interesting because somebody will text that just happened this week week's sermon was I think the best I've ever heard well a month ago somebody said this about this message and two months ago somebody said see it's hitting you where your hearts are at it's hitting you the Holy Spirit speaking to you at certain areas that's when you leave all that was the best well for someone else it was like mmm it's my wife will tell me so right this is all right that's why she asks every time what are you speaking on tomorrow you'll find out because I'm not talking about I'm not telling you proverbs 18:10 it's such a heavy message I'm glad we're bringing a little after in here because sometimes I have a hard week with I've no friends close friends people who used to come here sit over there we just found out he left his wife under our watch another friend suicidal I've grown up for years can't get through another person leaves his wife and kids there's no reconciliation we can't get you to believers what do you mean there's no reconciliation wake up it's just the the brokenness is all over our nation the brokenness of broken families the children all these inches it's just alarming what where where's the weeping remember and tell your pride because we can tell your prayer becomes a cry we're not going to see results we should all the burden what is going on this is a serious issue all of these people have not survived the anointing because they've caved in when they should be fighting so who do you run to when you're pressured I like proverbs 18:10 the name of the Lord is a strong tower the righteous man runs into it and is safe there there's nothing more as far as a symbol of strength to us today would it would parallel a battleship or some military you know you'd say the name of the Lord is like sitting in between the Navy Hills or sitting in between you know the the the the fighter aircraft and they give me they're giving the imagery here of that the the name of the Lord just the name of the Lord is a strong tower you run into it and there you are safe and yes I will that's why that song yes I will I'm gonna run to the Lord even when I don't feel like it you better get that deep down in your spirit cuz rarely rarely will you always feel like it you have to run and then your feelings catch up I've run into the strong tower and then my feelings catch up so I'm glad you're here well thank you where have you been because you want to take me the other direction come on the world sings that this is my fight song this is my fight song this is I'm doing a right song right and we not why can't we say that when it comes to worship I know I missed up a line there I'm just so where where do you where do your feet take you in time of despair and then verse 18 when Delilah saw that he told her all his heart she sent a call for the Lords of the Philistines saying come up for he has told me all his heart then she lulled him to sleep on her knees and called for a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his head then she began to torment him and his strength left him now I often wonder did Samson really think that would happen because you can get so comfortable doing God's will you sin I didn't really get caught doing that I sin didn't really get caught I'm sinning I'm it's not that bad but did he really know cuz I have a hard time believing that he's gonna tell this lady where his strength really lied if he really thought cuz he knew she's sneaky she's been asking him prior to this or do pride get in the way say won't happened to me I'm God's man I'm God's woman I've been a Christian for 20 years won't happen to me be careful Samson they can so surviving the anointing for Part two or point two surviving the anointing means that you must guard your heart you must guard your heart what does that mean well I'm glad you asked it means this keep your heart with all diligence proverbs says that keep your heart guard your heart for out of it flow the issues of life another translation says for out it flow that is it's a wellspring of life everything comes from the heart it's not talking about the pumping heart here but the core of who a person is our thoughts our desires our motivations our actions must be guarded you know that's where the word guardrails comes from what are they guarding well they look kind of ugly they're on that mount what are they guarding you texting guardrails so you guard your heart the same way you have these guardrails up I'm going to be careful Samson and not tell people my entire heart a full vents all his feelings I'm gonna guard my heart I'm gonna use wisdom I'm not gonna be a Chatty Cathy and do all these things and I'm gonna guard my heart I'm not gonna cave in to this and kay I've have to put boundaries on my heart why don't you do that anymore like your friends do because I'm guarding my heart that's how you survive the anointing one of the steps and as we know anger pride and giving in to temptation removes the guardrails those are the big three we see throughout the Bible and mainly in Samson's life as well and I love to say this as often as I can but you'd be amazed at what God does with humility I don't know where you're at this morning I don't know what you're going through but you would be absolutely amazed to see what God does with humility to me I picture this humility is like this this hard piece of clay that's set out in the Sun for weeks and it's hard it's just as hard as a rock but humility allows that clay to be softened and put again there on the potter's wheel what I want it to be what I want to be this hard and hardness and this rock humility allows me to go back on the potter's wheel and say okay son here's what her daughter here's what I want you to be if you just would you just submit to the work in the end in the hands of the Potter that's what humility does the Bible actually says that he resists the proud God resists a proud can you imagine if Samson would have humbled himself god I'm getting trapped here and but he resists the proud he gives grace to the humble so another point surviving the anointing means that holiness becomes your daily goal how often do we talk about holiness here quite a bit but I can't avoid it on this point of surviving the anointing David David Leonard David Ravenhill Leonard Ravenhill son wrote a good book on this I've passed it out before on surviving the anointing because there's an it there's a daily attack there's a weekly attack that's coming against what God is doing in your life that's what he's after if he can't get your salvation he's going to go for your testimony he's going to go for your influence so that part of surviving that that that daily attack is holiness here's the thing we learned from Samson I told the man yesterday they can tweet this and so can you after the service sin fascinates and then it assassinates that's how it works it fascinates you and then it assassinate you but holiness keeps up that guard you cannot defeat your demons if you're still enjoying their company see to survive that anointing the holiness is the consecration we talked about earlier my daily walk your daily walk there has to be some degree of holiness and God and I'm fighting this battle but I'm staying close to the shepherd and then verse 20 but let me ask this question maybe this would be a good time to ponder is there any area in your life right now where compromise has entered in don't leave here this more without laying into the foot of the cross if there's anything at all where it were you can see it's interesting Delilah isn't described 36-24-36 blowing locks of whatever eyes piercing and Delilah can be whatever it is it takes you down whatever it is that is at you and zapping your strength and pulling at you that can become Delilah to the believer pulling them away from what God has called them to do verse 20 and she said Samson the Philistines are upon you so he woke from his sleep and said I will go out as before at other times and shake myself free no you won't it fascinates and then it assassinates and there's a oh I wish I would have wrote this down I recommend before tried and tempted I believe by Russell Moore he's with the Southern Baptist denomination and he talked he makes a great point that the demonic around demons aren't in a hurry they'll let you get away with things for a while and he talks about how cows go to the slaughter house they're on this nice conveyor belt they should go through this chute feels just like their mother's womb and they're just in this relaxed state this feels wonderful and tell us until a sharp instrument hits him right between their eyes and kills him the whole point is this this this lowering and this Oh see this see I'll go out as other times before we can't confuse God's patience with his approval one of the saddest scriptures I think in all of the Old Testament for an individual is this the Bible says but he did not know that the Lord had departed from him and I wonder how many churches they don't even know that the Spirit of Lord has departed from them people will go because it's got great kids programs but is the Spirit of God there because I don't consider foosball in the skate park something that's always great but but but but the the worship it has smoke and all these lights and they grab this guy from Hollywood cheney's in a band but it's the Spirit of God there it's the spirit of the Living God in that place because that's just entertaining of entertainment of men with the Spirit of God do they even know when the Spirit of God has departed why should church be a cemetery answer me that aw Tozer said in the early church if 90 percent I'm sorry if the Holy Spirit was removed from the early church 90 percent of the work would have ceased but if the Holy Spirit is removed from the church today 90 percent the work will continue and there is so true because we think well if God's not in it will fall apart no won't just look at Hollywood you can get a good motivational speaker you can fill a stadium in Texas you'll get that later but you can do all that you can have the top musicians this one's in a band this one's over here that might be okay unless but but you but they but see and that people go but we need people on our board that are smart minded businessman know are they feel the Spirit of God that's what we want are they filled with the Spirit of God and now and this happens at least twice twice I don't know every once once every two months you should let such-and-such speak are they filled with the Spirit of God oh yeah but they've got a great story they're really gifted are they do they do they have God's Spirit the anointing the unction the fire cuz that's how you penetrate the deepest levels of the heart he knew not that the Spirit of the Lord had departed that might be a good question for some of you to ask this morning Holy Spirit am I just going through the motions has that that deep penetrating work left it now here's the key I need to clarify in the Old Testament the Spirit of God would come upon Samuel the Spirit of God would come upon Saul the Spirit of God would come upon David the Spirit of God would come upon Elijah the Spirit of God would come upon Samson so they would in the Bible actually says they're turned into other men that's what happens when the Holy Spirit of God fills you you are turned into a different person what you used to like you don't like as much what you used to prefer you don't prefer is more now you guys know it's all about God and your friends are going to mock you and your family a table it's all about God right because I've been turned in to another man and fill a woman a fill with the Spirit of God in the Old Testament though God could remove that spirit talk about dangerous sin when enter Saul would rebel against God God would say I I desire obedience saw obedience for disobedience is as the sin of witchcraft rebellion is this and the Holy Spirit of God will be removed gone can you imagine that how would you like to be left to yourself just turn me over to me oh we should go into prayer right now for that one because Oh God but in the New Testament you're given the Holy Spirit as a gift but you can quench and grieve his work something I think of often especially when we make a fire is you have this roaring fire right you can feel the heat your back sometimes your back I don't know 20 30 feet in this way you feel it brant your house right we're yeah yeah yours you feel the whole house and you feel the heat from this but then as the hours go by it's gone not necessarily you can pick around oh there's a little coal oh yeah there's a little coal right there I don't even I don't feel anything and that's where many Christians live they've grieved and they quench the Holy Spirit of God it's it's there it's there but they no longer feel the warmth if they no longer feel that fire let me talk to you for a minute who used to feel that fire do you remember how it was when you everywhere you go you had to witness it's just like what's coming out it's good and you're just it's like you just want I'm just so joyful today I'm just and you're so joyful and then the enemy begins to wear you down and goes after that anointing and instead of there's that little Ember left no warmth no heat you can't even see it but it's there what's it waiting for it's waiting for fuel just try throwing a little bit of newspaper in there that's all the Holy Spirit's looking for he won't make us do anything he waits he waits and we throw fuel on that fire anything God lights us with the Spirit of God then the Philistines took him a put out his eyes and brought him down to Gaza they bound him with bronze fetters and he became a grinder in the prison I told you fascinates then assassinates I know some of you have had some serious health issues I guarantee you've never had your eyes eyes go down or would know even what that feels like they would lay the person down they would get an element that's it's like an ice cream scooper or pluck and they would just pull remove his eyes what's the significance because now he can now he's nothing he can't see he can't do anything so his eyes have been removed and he's got bronze fetters which are like handcuffs he's DC he's bound and he becomes a grinder at the prison so he's he's walking around like an oxen and he's walking around this thing and he's grinding whatever it is the wheat the barley whatever that he he becomes a grinder in the prison you think you struggle with depression try that one out this mighty man of God called of God anointed of God God told the people the children of Israel I've heard your cries I'm putting Samson a deliverer in the womb of this woman she's going to take a Nazarite vow we were gonna build him we're gonna strengthen him the anointing of God that no one has ever felt he slew Philistines with her with it with the jawbone of an axe he was powerful what happened these are a wake-up calls Paul said the new the Old Testament was given to you as an example that you might not lust after evil things like they lusted these should be examples to us you might say Shane well what is sin well I came across John Wesley's Journal and what his mom said I like what she said so I borrowed it whatever weakens your reasoning whatever impairs the tenderness of your conscience whatever obscures your sense of God or takes away your relish for spiritual things in short if anything increases the authority of the flesh over the spirit that is sin to you I hadn't thought about it that deeply until that last part whatever whatever increases the authority of the flesh over the spirit is sin meaning whatever builds the flesh and quenches and grieves the Spirit of God that is sin that is missing the mark and it will come out in our lives in a negative direction and we see this is ironic the parallel here the enemy targets your eye sight did you know that the enemy targets not physically obviously sometimes maybe for as we get older we realize it's an issue but he that spiritual eyesight because see when you know where you're going not too many people can knock you off track can they you you know where you're going this got me through the early church years no matter how many negative emails no matter how people said you can't start a church on Saturday you're too hard you don't have any education I don't care what you say naysayers and toddlers I see what Christ has called me - I've got vision I've got spiritual sight it come hell or high water that's where I'm going so the enemy is going to knock you off court he's going to get rid of your eyes God I don't know I'm groping around what have you called me to do I can't even lead my family I don't know where my direction is my career might not gone I'll just sit at home and watch stuff that is perverted and fill the flesh up with more of the flesh I don't know what you call me to do so now I'm depressed I'm lazy I'm discontent I don't know he's goes after that eyesight that spiritual sight of what God's called you to do why don't know what he's called to do won't be good here in the morning on your face on the altar he'll show you he'll show you many times we think we'll just drive it pop there it isn't no no it's time spending time with God and like Sampson though you're grinding at the in the mill and the prison and says that hair begins to grow back and se anointing begins to grow back toast so to survive the anointing you must readjust your focus you must know when spiritual eyesight is declining you ever go to the optometrist those of your glasses what do they do adjustments and justments that's why we have so much time of prayer and worship here we try to at least anyway I know people think oh that Westside Christian failure is that the church it does a lot of worship yeah that's the church is one worship maybe that's why you're here this morning your your eyesight needs readjusting and focus you need to get that calling back you need to get that burning desire back you need to get that that that unction of the Holy Spirit well shame but I'm old yeah but old intercessors are powerful powerful you realize this some you realize something I don't know who I was really I'm balanced I've got a whole stack of books because I'm preparing for Wednesday's message oh it's a good intro or good good promotion Wednesday I'm talking about waiting time is not wasted time Wednesday at 6 this Wednesday at 6 waiting time is not wasted time we're considering not even videoing and I need a live stream then people show up they think they can just sit at home with the kids run around screaming watch on TV that's just as good not even close so all the live streamers out there come in person it's much much better that you can feel the presence and power of God what was my point where did I leave off on that goop huh iam bouncing thank you this has been profound for me this week I'll just share maybe it won't be for you but he started talking about how our prayers are deathless it means they don't die when that heart stops beating that felt it the prayer still lives on for your children when that mind that conceived it is gone that prayer still moves the hand of God our prayers are deathless they don't die with us we don't pray to a false God that in prayers fall on deaf ears this is a God who hears your prayers he hears your cries he hears your groaning so get on your face before God and cry out that's not very manly I don't care anymore Deuteronomy 28 29 you know Deuteronomy write blessings and cursings this is what comes on a people that are disobedient you will grow at noon and as the blind men gropes and darkness and you will not prosper in your ways but you shall only be oppressed and robbed continually with none to save you none to save you this groping see when you look isn't that important spiritual eyesight what about if God what about if God told you here's what I've called you to do here's what I want you to do would that give you a little motivation but see you can have that you can have that because his will is clear men especially I talked about yesterday God's called you to lead your family to be a spiritual leader and to get into the word and teach him and to saturate your home to have it be a holy sanctuary not a breeding ground for Satan so act on that God's will get that line sight with him you're supposed to be in the word broken before you get that eyesight back on see the reason you're distracted groping is because you're not looking for God oh I need somebody hard like this morning I almost chose to proverbs message and took the easy way out and all of this as we know it leads to the prison of bondage he was a grinder in the prison barely hanging on going through the motions have you ever been there I know there's some of you here this morning barely holding on going through the motions and often the man's spiritual eyesight deeply affects the family did you know that some of the reasons I talk to the men about this that God might not be answering your prayers is because how you treat your spouse well but what about her well it's you've already lost the battle that's not the question you know it mmm husband's first Peter 3:7 be considerate to your wives treat them with respect as the weaker partner people they all see weaker no that just means valuable valuable like this many many commentators give this image of a expensive vase you know I'm just this Home Depot planner you know the God's gonna use but this to treat or treat them as the weaker vessel their heirs with you so that nothing will hinder your prayers could it be that many prayers are hindered because we've got this John Wayne mentality in our home what what does this first mean what means to admire to appreciate the gift that God has given you to listen to them to elevate and hold them in high regard kids are watching and our prayers are being hindered this is a very important issue now can I get to my favorite verse verse 22 however however it raised on all Shane that was so all the last 40 minutes are so heavy however however I like when the Bible says however because some other scriptures say but God but but they were destitute for destruction but God but the people are going to be slaughtered but God but here comes this massive army against us what are we going to do but god same thing with this word however however Samson however what happens the hair of his head began to grow back he renewed his strength survived the anointing by waiting on God survive the anointing by waiting on God now many of you I've done this strategically but I didn't talk much about prayer yet but that is crucial to surviving the anointing and that's how you wait on God if it would've been completely up to me and I knew God was leading me I would just not even preach this message just so we need to be we need to camp out in those last five songs in case you didn't catch it that's worship this is how I fight my battles this is that's how you fight your battles I would I'll tell you as God as my witness the only way I can really fight my battles is through prayer and worship and humility and obedience to the Word of God but that's it I don't know how else anyone doesn't however his strengths begin to grow back and we know the verse those who wait upon the Lord will renew their strength are you dying spiritually this morning wait on God what does that mean well to be in a hurry is not waiting on God to push things through is not waiting on God and I truly believe that this the state we live in everybody is so busy so in a hurry is the enemy is loving it and maybe it's me but I hear it all the time I invited well a few dozen men outside of here to the men's event and how many of you are here knew that they probably should have been here and should have heard the message what's what's a number one reason oh I wish I could you fill in the blank oh man I really wish I could but no it's just prioritizing now of course not everybody can do things and but we have to we have to just wait on God and not be in a hurry remove things that are distracting you remove things that are distracting your family and wait on God and then verse 23 now the Lords of the Philistines gather together to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their God and they rejoice they said our God has delivered into our hands Sampson our enemy can you picture the scene Sampson this mighty man of God he was known as a man of God they said go get him let's make fun of him because our God Dagon has prevailed and God says no your God Dagon has not prevailed this is what I have allowed and they gave credit to their God Dagon it's interesting if you read later on and in the book in the Bible you'll read that the Ark of the Covenant was put in by the God but there's God of Dagon and Dagon kept falling over and breaking his head off the statue and falling and the just they all just the the the the the remnants of God of the whole of the ten commandments and that the the the the structure being there just that in the presence of Dagon he couldn't even stand in that so it happened when their hearts were married that they said call for Samson that he may perform for us and they stationed him between the pillars so remember he has his eyes are gone he has no eye so he's just being let out to be to be made fun of then Samson said to the little boy who brought him out let me fill the pillars which support the temple and let me lean on them now the temple was full of men and women all the Lords of the Philistines were there about three thousand men and women on the roof watching while Samson performed let me stop here before a minute before I get to the closing survived the anointing by knowing who you are even when your enemies taught you they were taunting him they were poking fun at him they were making fun of so never never allow the taunting of your enemies to beat you down and to beat you up remember who you are because that's all they can do sticks and stones may break my bones but words taunting will never harm me see the enemy is working in here and your mind the taunting of the enemy even in victory and defeat you will be taunted that's that's one of his number-one tactics taunting and taunting Nehemiah who is building the wall Sanballat and Tobiah came against him taunting taunting Tonti you'll never finish this wall even if on fox cross on this wall it's going to fall down tong ting tong ting tong ting whenever you want do something for God tong ting tong ting tong ting just like Samson do not let that sidetrack you from what guts called you to do actually come to expect it I upset people sometimes when I say this I know it's a little cocky but sorry but when they're taunting me I see you're just confirming what God's called me to do unbelievers or whatever you're just you're just confirming what God has called me to do if you're not taunted if the world loves you have you ever thought if the world loves you if your work environment loves you either school district loves you every all these unbelievers they love you can I quote Jesus if the world hates me they're going to hate you now please don't seek that out I think we should be so loving and gracious and work at work that people say I don't believe I don't like what they believe but I I sure like that guy that needs to be our attitude but you will be taunted you're going to church again Bible study again Holy Roller what's wrong with you God really God's going to allow this what what God took your child God took you this God took your what what that's your God taunting taunting taunting and it's never ending so a child of God must have like like Samson knowing can you bet he felt his hair coming I bet he got a little excited then 28 then Sampson called to the Lord Wow this hit me yesterday morning - then Samson called to the Lord he said o Lord remember me I pray remember me strengthen me I pray just this once o God that I may with one blow take vengeance on the Philistines for my two eyes so survive the anointing by remembering what God that God called you he sustained you remember that and the final point is surviving the anointing by knowing where to focus your strength know where to focus your strength see what did sin see this is a prayer that God will hear God remember me remember me strengthen me to fight again strengthen me to fight again and the little boy let him out did I remember a pastor twenty years ago said the condition of our families should motivate us being led by a little child daddy mommy let me show you let me let me show you where to put your hands and when Samson he put his hands on the pillar and the I feel like preaching for a minute so just hold on but the anointing of God become the calling upon it came upon his life again and he grabbed the pillars he grabbed the strongholds of Satan and he put his foot on the neck of the enemy and he said with all God's might remember me God that's all you need to pray o God remember me and he pushed with all his might in the entire Coliseum came down on the very people that were taunting him and the Bible says the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life he finished well he put he knew where to put his hands on it you need to know where to put your hands you have spiritual authority the weapons of our warfare are not these it's these Oh God remember me remember our family it's okay to say remember our nation remember a nation that used to love your word and cherish who you were and feared you God remember us that's a prayer he will hear through many dangers trials and snares we've already come tis grace it's brought us here this far it'll be grace that leads us home oh I could fill it so strongly that you need to put your hands on something and bring down some strongholds in your homes put your head no God where'd I put my hands this cutting you this needs to come down God show me and people say machine I don't know how to pray if you're not up say remember me BSA lord help lord help listen I would love to be in a prayer meeting with with a few men and women of God filled with God's fear just saying Lord remember us help us than being some conservative prayer meeting where they've got a dial then Oh God Oh gracious father coming down from heaven bestowing all spiritual gifts and blessing us abundantly and they've got it down with their words but your heart is far from me God just says pray the prayer remember me Lord help me and I think when it's all summed up that's how you survive the anointing lord help me men don't like to say that very easily do we we've got to figure it out I just bought my wife bought something for me to make potatoes but french fries now I'm not reading the directions I'm gonna put a potato on the darn thing and make a french fries some thing is not working oh why you take it back well the directions say my daughter dad did you see here it says cut it in half cut the balls off and they could fit perfectly in there and then and then it works oh but we do that spiritually I've got this I got this god [Music] [Music] [Music]

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Length: 53min 50sec (3230 seconds)

Published: Mon Dec 03 2018