The most important thing!

I had a Bible study with my kids this morning and we read about the life of the violent judge Samson in Judges chapter 13-16…

“The Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him so that he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as he might have torn a young goat.” Jud 14:6

Some time later Samson found a swarm of bees and honey in the lion’s carcass. When Samson is about to get married he gives his guests a riddle to solve. He says: “Out of thee ater, something to eat; out of the strong, something sweet.” The answer to his riddle was a cryptic question; “What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?”.

We spoke about this text for a while in our family and we came to the conclusion that the whole story is prophetic, just as so many other stories in the Old Testament. Our interpretation was a simple Jesus interpretation! Jesus – the lion – died. When Jesus died the Holy Spirit –honey – came. We said that the only thing that can be both sweeter than honey and stronger than a lion is the presence and power of the Holy Spirit in our lives!

The most important thing is the death of Jesus! Through the death of Jesus we received forgiveness and victory! The most important thing must also be the Holy Spirit who came instead of Jesus – His presence is as sweet as honey and His power is stronger than that of a lion! That is the most important thing!

See you!