Samson kills the lion and goes back to find honey inside!

After killing the lion in Judges chapter 14, Samson was returning from city, [for some strange reason] he turns off the path to revisit the lion that he had just killed days before. What he found inside was honey! Shortly after [in this story] he uses this experience to share a riddle as an attempt to deliver Israel from the Philistines. Samson’s riddle goes something like this: “Out of the eater came something to eat and out of something bitter came something sweet.” (Paraphrase see Judges 14:14) The take away here is that in life, stuff happens! And often times some really hard stuff! And there are times when we’ve got to go back and get the honey! The hardships, disappointments, even things that have come into our lives that were meant to harm us [like the lion in Samson’s case which he killed] and get the honey! The Lord uses everything! Taste and see that the Lord is good! .. A feast is waiting for you!

~ Dan Ecker