Episode 64 - God's Will Vs. Self-Will with Dave Temple

Conversations with Pastors · Jul 24, 2026 · 25m

What happens when the people around us make choices that seem to derail everything we hoped for? The life of Samson offers a surprisingly honest answer. His story, found in Judges 13 and 14, is not a tidy tale of obedience and blessing. It is a raw account of willfulness, self-serving decisions, and a young man who consistently chose what was right in his own eyes rather than in God's. And yet, woven through every one of those flawed choices, God was quietly and sovereignly accomplishing exactly what He set out to do. The narrator of Judges makes this stunning declaration plainly: Samson's…