LIMITS

Judges 13:24-25 (New International Version)
24 The woman gave birth to a boy and named him Samson. He grew and the LORD blessed him, 25 and the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him while he was in Mahaneh Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol
Samson was an awesome man of God and he did great things for God. Samson was so strong that the Philistines could not contain him, but one thing I learn from his story is that my strength can also be my greatest weakness. Samson did not adhere to the boundaries that had been set over his life, and he also could not contain himself and his appetites.
Samson was a Nazi rite and there was a prescribed life for anyone who was st apart to that calling.
Numbers 6 (New International Version)
Numbers 6:1-8
The Nazi rite
1 The LORD said to Moses, 2 "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'If a man or woman wants to make a special vow, a vow of separation to the LORD as a Nazi rite, 3 he must abstain from wine and other fermented drink and must not drink vinegar made from wine or from other fermented drink. He must not drink grape juice or eat grapes or raisins. 4 As long as he is a Nazi rite, he must not eat anything that comes from the grapevine, not even the seeds or skins.
5 " 'During the entire period of his vow of separation no razor may be used on his head. He must be holy until the period of his separation to the LORD is over; he must let the hair of his head grow long. 6 Throughout the period of his separation to the LORD he must not go near a dead body. 7 Even if his own father or mother or brother or sister dies, he must not make himself ceremonially unclean on account of them, because the symbol of his separation to God is on his head. 8 Throughout the period of his separation he is consecrated to the LORD
Samson was blessed because the spirit of the Lord would come over him and give him supernatural strength and somewhere along his life, I guess it got to his head because he threw out all caution and lived the way he wanted. Nazi rites were not supposed to go near a dead body but yet Samson goes to the carcass of the lion he killed and scoops honey. Judges 14:8

God had commanded his people not to intermarry with the philistines yet Samson wanted a woman from among the Philistines.
A Nazi rite was not supposed to shave his head yet Samson tells Delilah the secret to his strength and his hair is cut off.

Samson the great man of God is bound and imprisoned because he did not adhere to the limits and boundaries that had been set in his life. His greatest strength becomes the cause of his downfall.

Are you courting sin in your life? Have you gotten so accustomed to the favor and anointing of God over your life that it has gotten to your head and now you think its all about you so you do all you want throwing all caution out of the window? It is sad to see anointed men and women of God throw caution out of the window and do forbidden things in the name of God and think they are so anointed they can get away with it.

Do you have boundaries in your life? How much is too much? Where do you draw the line? Solomon the wisest man who ever lived made the same mistake. He was so wealthy he thought he could have all the women he wanted irrespective of what the Lord had said. That was the beginning of his down fall.

It is so amazing how we think some ground rules God has set apply to other people but not to us. We always say and think surely not me because my situation is different. That’s the beginning of your downfall.
Could it be that you are not blessed because you have not set the limits and were God to release His blessings they could become your downfall?
Live within the boundaries that God has set for you as a believer and when the blessing comes it will not turn out to be your downfall

PRACTICAL APPLICATION
Set out to know the limits and boundaries that God has set ion your life and then live by them