#shabbatshalom brothers and sisters. Welcome to day 49 of the count to #shavuot aka #pentecost! Today in scripture is when the Apostles decided to pick a replacement for Judas, knowing they had a duty to fulfill prophecy, the day before they received the Ruach aka Spirit, in power. Remember this when you walk out your life, that regardless of how much of Yahweh's Ruach you have been given, you have a place in His plans and the authority to know scripture and do it through #yeshua the #messiah!
Samson was chosen before he was even conceived. He had no merit, no skills, or knowledge. He wasn't chosen to be the judge of Israel because he was a righteous man, but because he was the man God needed for the job. If God calls you to a task, don't argue with him and don't fear your own weakness. His strength is sufficient for you to carry out his will. He knows what he needs. You don't.
Just like Sarah and Rachel centuries earlier, Samson's mother wasn't barren because of sin, but for God's glory. God's decision-making process incorporates wisdom and knowledge that we could never comprehend.
Judges 13
If you're trying to keep the Biblical holidays, but you're confused about solar calendars, lunar sabbaths, conjunctions, sightings, etc., just look to #yeshua. We know he kept every appointed time correctly, and--for the most part--we know when he kept them.
https://soilfromstone.blogspot.....com/2022/09/each-mo
Some may ask if Samson was deceptive when he didn’t tell Delilah the truth about why he was so strong. Samson was being cautious and possibly flirtatious but Delilah was really the one who was being deceptive.Samson had no evil in his heart — even as he sinned but Delilah had only evil in her heart because it was her plan to trick Samson.
Malchut of Malchut
Examine the sovereignty of your sovereignty. Does it come from deep- rooted inner confidence in myself? Or is it just a put-on to mask my insecurities? Does that cause my sovereignty to be excessive? Am I aware of my uniqueness as a person? Of my personal contribution?
Exercise for the day: Take a moment and concentrate on yourself, on your true inner self, not on your performance and how you project to others; and be at peace with yourself knowing that G‑d created a very special person which is you.
Conclusion
Upon concluding these forty nine days we come to the fiftieth day - Mattan Torah, when we have fully achieved inner renewal by merit of having assessed and developed each of our forty nine attributes.
What is the significance of the fiftieth day Mattan Torah? After we have achieved all we can accomplish through our own initiative, then we receive a gift (mattana in Hebrew) from above that which could not achieve with our limited faculties. We receive the ability to actually reach and touch the divine; not only to be cultivated human beings who have refined each of their personal characteristics, but divine human beings, who are capable of expressing above and beyond their defined human emotions, but actually express that which is unexpressable and undefinable in human terms; the most intimate emotions that transcend the forty nine defined attributes.