Judges 13:3-4 The angel of the Lord appeared to her and said, “You are barren and childless, but yourself are going to become pregnant and give birth to a son. Now see to it that you drink no wine or other fermented drink and that you do not eat anything unclean.
When the Lord wanted to deliver Israelites from constant lethal attacks from the Philistines, Manoah’s wife was enabled to conceive and carry the deliverer. This came with tough rules and regulations to ensure the safety of the developing Samson.
Violation of the rules given would have jeopardized God’s plan as it would have terminated the God promised deliverance to the Israelites from the hands of Philistines. Manoah and his wife had a given responsibility for the promise to be fulfilled.
Within us are developing embryos of greatness, solutions and dreams of future wellbeing .But there also exist abortive agents in our lives aimed at halting and terminating them before the end of their gestation period.
Possession of dreams requires one to withdraw, isolate and avoid any form of life threatening agents .For these dreams to bear fruits, we need to protect the pregnancy up to and until marturition time of care. Limiting beliefs, wrong relationships, erroneous attitudes, fear of failure, lethargy, procrastination and blame game contain abortive ingredients and should be shunned.
Further readings:
Num 6:2-8
Pro 31:4-7
Luk 1:15
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