Then God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned and he revived. So the spring was called En Hakkore, and it is still there in Lehi. Judges 15:19
During hot summers people who are working outside will get extremely thirsty. As this occurs, their strength will often drop, and they will be very weak and in need of water.
The longer it takes to get the needed water, the more desperate one will be bringing on the feeling that he is going to die of thirst.
Samson had just defeated the Philistines single-handedly and was very thirsty. He cried out to God, complaining about dying of thirst. God opens the ground and provides water for Samson to revive himself.
God has made the body to need certain things in proper amounts and times to be able to continue to function properly. The minimum needs are air, food and water.
It is, at times, common for a person to be in extreme need of food or water. One will become very weak without these things. On his own, one may become desperate in search of these things and sees only hopelessness and death looming before him. This can occur for both believers and non-believers.
The believer may not need water, but there may be some other great need looming over his life that appears to evade him and only showing hopelessness and death.
Instead of giving up hope and expecting to die, as the world does, the believer can put his hope and trust in God and call out to Him. God has ways of opening up rocks and having the needed water or anything else needed poured out. Trust in God will always open up the needed provisions at the right time.
You may have some need to be fulfilled that is causing you to feel desperation or hopelessness. Do not allow yourself to fall into the woes of desperation that the world wallows in but cry out to God with hope.
Know that God can and will meet your need as you trust in Him and obey Him. He has a way of opening up the rock in front of you to meet your needs at the right time. His Holy Spirit will give you the needed strength and revival to keep moving forward.
Today I pray that you will know Jesus as your Lord and Savior; that you will trust God for all of your needs; that you will know the hope you can have in Jesus; that God will open rocks to meet your needs in His time; and that God will revive your strength and spirit by His Holy Spirit in your life.
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