Samson--A Consecrated Nan

When men threaten the consecrated man, what does he say? “I fear God, and therefore I can’t fear you; you may choose to serve man instead of God, but for me, I will serve only God.” You may have known a consecrated man in your life. Was he famous? Was there anything that he couldn’t do? When he preached the Gospel, did his enemies attack him, and did they distort his qualities and call them vices, and were his slightest faults made into the greatest crimes. At times, it seems like he doesn’t have any friends; even fellow ministers of the Gospel shun him; he is believed to be strange to the point that everyone must avoid him. What does he do? Within his heart, he holds a conference with God; he asks, am I right? The Holy Spirit gives the answer-yes! Then he says, “If I am right, I will continue on as before, and follow my conscience.” He may feel that he has been deserted, but he doesn’t express that in public. In public, no one can tell if any of these things bother him; and he can say along with Paul-“None of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto me that I may win Christ and finish my course with joy.”

Is there anything that a consecrated man cannot do? I believe that if he had the whole world against him, he would prove more than a match for it, because he is more than a conqueror through Him that loved him.

The one who is consecrated to the Lord Jesus Christ is not alone. You may ask, “Can we be consecrated to Christ? I thought that it was only for ministers.” Listen. All God’s children must be consecrated; men and women.

Now let’s consider our situation here at the Inn. I don’t know your financial conditions, if you have much or little, and I don’t want to know; it’s none of my business. But I know that the word of God says that we are to give to him with a cheerful heart. We don’t give because He needs it; we give because we love Him and because He wants to bless us. So, I would encourage you to give something to your church. When you first came to God, when you joined the church, did you say something like this, “All that I am, and all that I have, shall be forever thine; whatever you bid me to give, I will give cheerfully.”

If you ever made a vow to God to give, you should honor your vow. I will not say anymore about this after today, but I want to encourage you to give to God; give him your love, your prayers, your testimony, your tithe and offering. Consecrate your money to the Lord and consecrate your life to the Lord; for happy is the man who is consecrated unto the Lord; and where ever he is he will do wonders.

I believe that today we are all little men and little women. A hundred years ago, if we would have gone through the churches, we would have found men and women of great faith and ministers who were preachers with power. But now, we are little men and women, our names will not be remembered, because we do nothing to deserve it.