What Is Sweeter Than Honey?

We are told that after a time Samson "turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcass of the lion." Do not those who look back and contemplate the finished work of Jesus on the cross, and His triumphant work in resurrection, find sweetness and comfort to their souls? Surely we triumph in His triumphs. We there see that God is for us, and "if God be for us, who can be against us?”
We are reminded of peace made, righteousness established, justice satisfied, sins judged and put away, God glorified, and Satan vanquished. Thus we are forgiven, delivered, redeemed, and forever objects of divine favor and blessing. This gives us comfort beyond all else. It is sweetness indeed, so that with such thoughts we can truly exclaim, "What is sweeter than honey?”
When the soul is thus happy, it cannot but wish others to participate in the same blessings. Samson, having found and enjoyed the honey, is at once prompted to communicate the blessing to others. We are told that he "went on eating." He fed as he walked, and the honey out of the carcass of the vanquished lion strengthened him as well as comforted him. When he came to his father and mother, he gave to them and they did eat.