DAILY READINGS: Deuteronomy 3; Eccl. 3:16 to 4:16; Luke 7:1-29
And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life. Judges 16:30
Samson wanted to die. The Lord let him. He was “fruitful” in death, though a failure in life. Elijah wanted to die (I Kgs. 19:4). The Lord did not let him. He had not finished his work (I Kgs. 19:15-18). Jesus came to die and give his life a ransom for many. Unlike Samson, Jesus was fruitful in life and death. Unlike Elijah, Jesus finished His work. (Jn 19:31). Today He lives! —K. C. Ung
Once He died for you and me, bore our sins upon the tree
For now He lives to make us free, Jesus lives! —John R. Colgan