He
fell in love with a woman in the
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 that something might have
been missing in the relationship with his mother. We would put the pieces
together and determine his subconscious was searching for that intimacy,
lacking in the mother-son relationship, in the beds of other women. Admittedly,
it’s probably never a good idea to psychoanalyze ancient near eastern people
using contemporary psychological models. I’m just saying.
The
Bible reports on Samson’s failed marriage at an early age, his dalliances with
prostitutes, and his affair with Delilah without any overt judgment. Somehow,
though, between the lines we read of a strong man plagued with weakness.
Apparently the criteria God used for choosing Israel’s judges was based on
something different than most pulpit committees use for picking pastors. Again,
I’m just saying.
Here,
again, the Bible shows how well its writers know us for we are all mixes of
strength and weakness, faithfulness and faithlessness... 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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