Drama, violence, passion, deceit, sounds like the making of a current Hollywood movie doesn't it? But it's not, it's the Bible story that Children's Ministry will focus on this week from "The Story For Kids". The story of Samson and Delilah demonstrates peer pressure at its best. In Ecclesiastes Solomon writes "there is nothing new under the sun", how right he was, human nature has never changed.
Samson was a Nazirite, set apart for God, Israel's personal superhero. Sent by God to begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines, ironically Samson ended up in the Philistines' hand. Every time I read this story I think that Samson was either hopelessly in love or down right stupid. You would think that after three failed attempts, Samson would have caught on to Delilah's deceitful plan. Didn't he wonder why in the world it was so important for her to know where his strength came from? And to think that God chose him and his parents raised him up to know and love God. What went wrong? If we fail to put God first in our lives; that mean something else is in His place. When we do that we are in danger of being enslaved by the very thing that we put before Him. Thank God that he uses us in spite of us to fulfill His greater purpose and plan.
Like Samson, peer pressure is a huge issue for our kids today. The culture, media, our friends, all pull us in different directions and it's usually not toward God. This Sunday's bible lesson and activities for the elementary kids will focus on harmful peer pressure. How do we live in this world without compromising our faith? What things or people are pulling you away from God?
Samson was greatly influenced by his needs and desires, not to mention a beautiful woman. A perfect example of "bad company corrupts good morals". A lot of teachable lessons from another of this weeks X-men.
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3 comments:
yes i have seen a few movies with this kind of drama.. thanks for teaching our children how to be worshippers!!
Denise
I couldn't agree more. We as parents feel we are constantly trying to pull our kids towards the Lord as their friends are pulling them away. I am forever grateful when my daughter chooses to come to church to help with the little ones rather than go over a friends house. We hope that teaching them young will help when they are teens to realize it's ok to step away from the crowd and stand behind what's right.
Thank you RCC Leadership for this EPIC series. We feel blessed by the Sunday messages, the readings, the lessons and Wednesday small group, We are truly feeling the presence of the Lord in our daily lives as we also grow closer as a family as we get deeper into His word with this format.
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