Today’s Bible Reading:
Judges 13-16; 2 Corinthians 2
Topic: Wisdom
SCRIPTURE: Genesis 1:27-28
2 A certain
man of Zorah, named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, had a wife who was
sterile and remained childless. 3
The angel of the Lord appeared to her and said, "You are sterile and
childless, but you are going to conceive and have a son. 4 Now see to it that you drink no wine or other
fermented drink and that you do not eat anything unclean, 5 because you will conceive and give birth to a son… (Judg
13:2-5 NIV)
OBSERVATION:
In 1973 medical science discovered the often serious effects
of alcohol on unborn babies. Since that time women began to be warned not to
drink while pregnant. Yet here we see, thousands of years earlier, the wisdom
of God’s Word. This incident in Judges records a remarkable theophany—an
appearance of the Lord, to personally deliver important instruction. The child
that was to be born (Samson) was to be set apart unto God. The Lord made it
known that what the mother consumes directly affects the unborn child from
conception: “do not drink fermented drink… you are going to conceive…”
APPLICATION:
I am grateful for the advances of mankind that inform
healthier and more fruitful lifestyles. I am encouraged by how our discoveries
often corroborate teachings found in the Bible. It certainly can be argued
whether or not the Lord’s specific instruction to Samson’s mother-to-be was to
safeguard the health of the life to be conceived and grow in her womb, or if it
was just because he was destined to become a Nazarite—one consecrated and
separated unto the Lord. Whatever the case, this passage inspires me to be all
the more resolved to trust in and follow the precepts of God’s Word.
PRAYER:
In Christ. Amen. -AP
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