He fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek whose name was Delilah. (Judges 16:4)Just about everyone knows the story of Samson and Delilah. Samson was the strongest man on earth, a superhero of Israel. But for all his physical strength, he lacked moral strength as well as judgment.
Yes, Samson had a weakness, and it wasn't his hair. Samson's weakness was lust. If Samson were a 21st century case study, we'd surmise something was missing in his relationship with his mother. We would put the pieces together and determine his subconscious was searching for that intimacy, missing from his childhood, in the beds of other women.
The writer of Judges reports on Samson's failed marriage at an early age, his dalliances with prostitutes, and his affair with Delilah all without any overt judgment. Somehow though, between the lines we read of a strong man plagued with weakness.
Here, again, the Bible shows how well its writers know us, for we are all mixes of strength and weakness, faithfulness and faithlessness, and... dare I say it?... saint and sinner.
He remembers that we are dust (Psalm 103:14).
For what weakness does God want you to ask his help today?
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