Scripture:

Judges 14:9

 9 He scooped out the honey with his hands and ate as he went along. When he rejoined his parents, he gave them some, and they too ate it. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the lion’s carcass.

Samson, one of the most detailed stories in the Book of Judges, and sort of superhero with superhuman strength.   But one thing you should catch is that his character is not all that good.   It is evidence that God can use imperfect people, even people who are out of alignment, and this verse shows you the beginning of the decline for Samson.   See, Samson is a Nazarite, and the requirements for a Nazarite from conception must not touch anything from the vine; even his mother during pregnancy was to abstain.   He was not to cut his hair or touch dead bodies.  Yet here we see him kill and then later touch the carcus of the dead lion and give the honey to his parents. 

See, our drifting away from the Lord and His requirements is not something we do or even see all at once; it is a slow drift, it is subtle decisions that lead us away.

The application today is to guard our relationship with the Lord, to look out for the little compromises in our lives and to put a stop to the bleed, to really be away of our walk to guard our hearts, our minds, what we hear, what we speak and of course what we do. to be careful to prioritize our walk with the Lord.

Lord, show us the cracks in our walks, the weak spots in our walk so that we would not fall away, that we would not discover our relationship had deteriorated and slip away from you.   Keep us in close proximity to you that we may hear your voice clearly, that we may walk in your ways carefully, that we might honor you with our lives, in Jesus' name, Amen!