Another of Delilah's Questions Keeping it Real for Us Today

Tell me I pray thee wherein thy great strength lieth.

Judges 16:6

"HERE lies the secret strength of faith? 

It lies in the food it feeds on; for faith studies what the promise is—,,, Then faith thinketh, "Who gave this promise?" .....She

remembers that it is God who cannot lie—God omnipotent, God immutable; and therefore concludeth that the promise must be fulfilled; .....She remembereth, why the promise was given,—namely, for God's glory, and she feels perfectly sure that God's glory is safe, ....Then faith also considereth the amazing work of Christ as being a clear proof of the Father's intention to fulfil His word. .....Thus faith views each promise in its connection with the promise-giver, and, because she does so, can with assurance say, "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life!" Charles Spurgeon

Delilah's Question

Could Delilah's Question be Posed by God toward us? 

 Q: How canst thou say, 

I love thee, 

when thine heart is not with me?  

Judges 16:15

What did Samson Lose?

And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

Judges 16:4

 

"Samson, that mighty man of valor, was under a solemn vow to be a

Nazarite during the period of his life; but, becoming infatuated by the charms of lewd woman, he rashly broke that sacred pledge. 

 

Satan worked through his agents to destroy this ruler of Israel, that the mysterious power which he possessed might no longer intimidate the enemies of God's people. 

It was the influence of this bold woman that separated him from God, her artifices that proved his ruin. 

 

The love and service which God claims,  

Samson gave to this woman. 

This was idolatry. 

He lost all sense of the sacred character and work of God, and sacrificed honor, conscience, and every valuable interest, to base passion."

E.G.W.

"Let me die with the Philistines"

The saddest position one can be in is that of Samson. To be one who truly believes in God and yet prefers the world. It was the cry of Samson to God that was so sad- And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life. Judges 16:30