Written
by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha
Giants
should not be allowed to sleep because they usually sleep for too long; in
point of fact, far too long to remember to wake up at just the right time.
Another reason why giants sleep for far too long is that people are usually afraid
to wake up the giant because a giant awake and alert to his or her
responsibilities is a threat to the opposition. Samson was a giant in quote –
he had the spiritual and physical prowess to intimidate the Philistines and bring
to a great halt the harassment of Israel by the Philistines. The Philistines
were so intimidated by Samson that rather than enlist the support of other
nations to fight Israel as a whole, the Philistines deployed huge resources to
eliminate Samson because they knew that
if Samson was eliminated, it would be over for Israel and they could walk rough
shod on Israel for as long as they wanted to.
Unfortunately,
Samson lacked personal discipline and spiritual discernment despite the great
unction of God upon Him coupled with his unrivaled physical prowess. He
therefore fell for the wiles of deceitful Delilah and for a long time, Samson
slept the sleep of death. Please see Psalm 13 verse 3. Samson was harassed,
humiliated and even blinded by the Philistines. Why bother to blind him?
The
ability to see is very important in daily life and when that is taken away, you
may require assistance to carry out most tasks. Additionally, you cannot see
the divine beauties God created in the Universe. And if a giant cannot see, how
will the giant walk around to intimidate anyone? Rather, S/he would be a slave.
So Samson was enslaved at the mill grinding stuff for the Philistines. But
Samson did not give up for in the long run, He did wake up; and destroyed
hundreds and thousands of Philistines at a go. But he would have achieved much
more if only he was disciplined.
Beloved,
losing spiritual visions, business visions, family visions, career visions,
academic visions, financial visions, parental visions; in point of fact, vision
of any kind is as bad if not worse than losing physical vision. Once you lose
clear vision of what you are called to do and where you are headed in life, you
will no longer see the beauty and glory of that vision. Rather, you will become
satisfied with visions that are not yours but which appear to be great and over
time you will immerse yourself in those visions and unfortunately end up in
slavery. Please see Genesis Chapter 49 verse 14.
Issachar
had great potentials but lost them when he lost his vision to a vision which
appeared to be great. Issachar was divinely endowed with the leadership
strength of knowing what Israel ought to do at any point in time. In point of
fact, that was a great strength as Issachar provided direction and leadership
influence so to speak for Israel. Issachar was a leader, a giant in leadership yet
because Issachar became enchanted by the beautiful surroundings he found
himself in, Issachar gave up his leadership role and submitted to forced labor.
In point of fact, he became a slave, a band of slaves because he had committed
his children to slavery. Perhaps, becoming a band of slaves was what Issachar
required to wake up from his folly because in the book of 1st
Chronicles Chapter 12 verse 32, the Bible records that the sons of Issachar had
woken up to their calling and were providing direction for Israel. The sleeping
giant had woken up.
