WHAT HAVE YOU LOST UNAWARE

Sometimes we lose things unaware that we lost them until later. This is what happened to Samson.

Judges 15:14-15 - "As he approached Lehi, the Philistines came toward him shouting. The Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him. The ropes on his arms became like charred flax, and the bindings dropped from his hands. Finding a fresh jawbone of a donkey, he grabbed it and struck down a thousand men."

Here we see Samson empowered by the Spirit of the Lord kill 1,000 Philistines.

Judges 16:20-21 - "Then she called, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!” He awoke from his sleep and thought, “I’ll go out as before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the Lord had left him. Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes and took him down to Gaza. Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding grain in the prison."

Here Samson thinking that he would go out in the power of the Spirit once again to destroy the enemies of God which he had done so many times in the past. Yet, he was unaware that the Spirit of God had left him because Delilah had cut his hair while sleeping which broke the Nazirite vow he had made.

What have you might of lost unaware in your relationship with the Father?

You may have lost hope and faith. Maybe you have lost your first love and zeal for God. 

 

Revelation 2:4-5 - "Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first.  Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place."

 

Maybe you have lost your integrity and holiness. Possibly you have lost that intimacy you once had with the Father.

We must seek those things that we have lost and reclaim them for ourselves that we may continue to walk in the power of the Holy Spirit. Just because God used you in the past does not mean that he will automatically use you now. 

 

Our power in Christ is dependent on us remaining in Him and He remaining in us. It is dependent on a right relationship with God.

In Numbers 14:37-45, we see the people of Isreal refused ot go into the promise land because of the negative report of the spies. Therefore, God judges the spies. Then the people recognized their sin and decided to go up and take the land of Canaan despite God forbidding them to do so. Therefore, they went up to battle without the presence of the Lord and were defeated.

 

Never take for granted that past victories will bring you future victories. Never take the Holy Spirit for granted.