Samson and Delilah

“Some time later Samson fell in love with a woman named Delilah from the Sorek Valley. The rulers of the Philistines went to her with a plan: “Trick Samson into telling you the secret of his great strength. Find out how we can subdue him. We’ll tie him up and make him helpless. Then each of us will give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.”
‭‭Judges‬ ‭16‬:‭4‬-‭5‬ ‭TPT‬‬

Hey family. Happy new week. It’s the last week of the month, you may feel exhausted, joyful or maybe your plans didn’t work out BUT we are alive, we have yet another chance! I believe many of us feeling the Labour pains are about to give birth, the baby is coming, the Labour is not in vain. There’s a travail that comes first then the baby comes out, head out, shoulders, and so on but when you give birth your baby will cry and that sound will be your sound of victory! Get ready for the baby’s cry; it is the cry of victory!

Anyhoo… After Samson slept with the prostitute, the bible says he fell in love. He “slept” with a woman who was all about sex then later he “fell in love” with a woman he thought was worth more. Someone can say “oh but she was a prostitute!” She was still worth more. I know people make bad choices in life but sometimes it also takes meeting one person who can help you make the right choices to change. The other woman was a sex appointment, the other woman was his heart’s home. This is the reality we live in. When compromise, we add our names on the list of those who are not worth more. What is more? It is to be loved and chosen. Not stripped and dumped.

This topic will be so long 😭. So this is not judgement to anyone who’s made mistakes before. This is to bring us to understand parts of this story that we may easily overlook because we’re looking for the part where they cut his hair and we stay on “your hair will grow again” eiii there’s a verse that says , later on he fell in love! I really want to know what was different about Delilah? Samson clearly had a women problem but he meets Delilah and he somehow gets tamed. He is no longer running to sleep with the prostitute, he is laying his head on Delilah’s lap now. Casual sex can only make you happy for a while, hearts are looking for more; for love. Put some value on your name. Both men and women.

Delilah was not an ordinary woman. As a matter of fact, she is one of the meanest biblical women. Samson’s inability to control his lusts led him to a woman who was a double agent. He couldn’t discern. He had never discerned in a relationship before. He could discern times to fight but love matters failed him. The fact that at work you are one of the best employees , you’re even the advisor to the CEO doesn’t mean that you’ll automatically marry right. The fact that you are good in one area doesn’t mean you’re good in all. Your weakness like Cain’s are drawing sin close to your door. Know your weaknesses and work on them. Don’t base your entire life on “I’m strong in this area” what about the areas where you lack?!

Delilah was a woman who had a relationship with government. Her associates appear to be the rich and powerful leaders of the day. She was not your normal pretty face. She was strategically positioned by the devil to weaken a strong man. The strong man instead of discerning, found himself in the snare of the fowler. The Philistines offered Delilah money, so there was a negotiation on a man’s head. A man she was supposed to protect, she sold out. She could’ve taken the money and still told Samson , he would’ve fought them but she chose to work with the enemy till the end. Did she not love this man? When you cheat , do you really love your partner? When you accep stuff from other men or other women, are you not a Delilah? Do people’s lives crumble when they’re with you?

Delilah was not called a prostitute according to the bible. She is not even called a Philistine. She was a woman who betrayed a man who loved her for money. Betraying the woman who loves you for sex. Betraying your friends to fit in with the cool kids. Betraying your God to serve other gods. A Delilah spirit. Samson is known as the world’s strongest man yet he became weak because of his choice of a woman. The strongest man died at the hands of a woman. You’re not strong if you cannot control your lust. Lust for money. Lust for things. Lust for sex. That is something the devil will use to bring you to your knees.

While Samson was focused on love, Delilah was focused on getting her pay cheque. Todays lesson is in these three areas ;

• Becoming more valuable by holiness
• Discernment in relationships
• Asking the question, Am l a Delilah?

We still have a long way to go😮‍💨 . Let me say to you, holiness is our protection. Why didn’t he find a good woman and marry? Many people are dragging their feet in the issue of marriage but they are speeding to undress. Do we really know what’s at stake? Are we willing to risk it all for closeness to Delilah? Are we willing to lose it all for companionship that is not even in the will of God for us?

Samson fell in love with the wrong person and that was the end of his life. The day he gave his heart to the wrong one, he lost more than his strength. I urge us, to consider these things. ❤️