* In our work, we are to be a fountain and not a drain.

* The workplace is where our “buttons are pushed.”

* What comes out? It should be something that nourishes others (is life-giving).

* Drains think about getting.

* Fountains think about giving.

* The most important thing for a drain is being connected to a fountain.

* The most important thing for a fountain is being connected to the source.

* In our lives, God is our Source.

* If you want God’s power in your life you have to recognize Him as your source.

* When you do, it moves Him.

* BACKSTORY - Samson was a leader fueled by his appetite (no self control).

* But God still used him, showing God can do whatever He wants with whomever He wants.

* Samson’s life is a paradox to study, not a pattern to follow.

* He once had power and authority, but now it was gone. Why?

* Because he treated his covenant with God poorly, he lost his strength. (He didn’t take his commitment seriously)

* He couldn’t control his urges (his impulses were not under control).

* Now he was blind and in prison, and the enemies of God saw their defeat of Samson as their god’s victory over Israel’s God.

* But God knows how to make a man cry, and at the end of Samson’s life he did just that.

* We only hear of Samson crying out to God twice - once for water after he killed the Philistines with a donkey jawbone, and once at the end of his life.

* Vs 28 - “…just once more” shows Samson knew God was his source.

* I believe it was his mom’s stories passed down to him about God raising him up as a deliverer.

* Vs 29-30 - “…with all HIS might…” It was all “God’s” might!!!

* While he did lots of things wrong, at the end of his life he believed God could use him to accomplish His will.

* And now Samson is recorded in the “Hall of Faith” in Hebrews 11.