Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut

In scriptures, the closest human thing we have to the immovable object was Samson. In battle after battle, nothing could stop him. Not a lion[i]. Not thirty men[ii]. Not a thousand men[iii] No matter what man came after him, Samson could take them all. But a woman, well that was a different story.

Samson had always had trouble letting the lust of his eyes make his decisions, (Judges 14:1-3; 16:1-3) and it happened again with Delilah. He fell for a woman that cared more for money than for him. So time and time again she attempted to seduce the secret of his strength from him. And he would give her a story. Then lo and behold, his enemies would attack him that exact same way.

You would think he would be smart enough to figure out what was going on and leave her. Maybe he was. Maybe he just didn't care. He was strong enough to get out of whatever trouble would come.

But the day finally came that broke him. It wasn't an army of men that got him however. In Judges 16:16 we read “It came about when she pressed him daily with her words and urged him, that his soul was annoyed to death.” It wasn't the irresistible force that brought him down but the constant harassing . The urging, the nagging, the pestering, until death didn't seem all that bad. So he gave in and gave up his secret.

Even then, Samson didn’t think they could get to him. He would beat them just like he did before. But not this time. This time they got him. The immoveable object was immoveable no more.

We make laugh at his foolishness but really are we any different? We get cozy with temptation. Rather than run, we think we are strong enough to hold it at bay. And for a while, maybe we are. But just like Samson, little by little we get worn down, and our strength fools us into think we can't be defeated, so finally we give in thinking we can escape again. But we don’t and the Devil gets us.

Samson is a living example of 1 Corinthians 10:12, “Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall.” You are not stronger than sin. You won't get away with it. Flee temptation before it gets you. As long as you keep toying with sin it is not a matter of if it gets you, it is just a case of when.

[i] Judges 14:5-6

[ii] Judges 14:19

[iii] Judges 15:16

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