Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Judges 13
A man named Manoah had a wife who was unable to have children. An angel of the Lord came to her and instructed her not to drink any fermented drink nor to eat anything unclean for she was to soon conceive a son who would be a Nazarite. The angel told her that the boy would be set apart to God from birth and would help deliver Israel from the Philistines. Manoah prayed, asking God for further instruction and wisdom in how to raise the boy. When the boy was born, he was named Samson. He grew and the Lord blessed him and the Spirit of the Lord stirred within him.