Making significant choices in moments of vulnerability has been everyone’s experience. Being vulnerable to praise and flattery, even if pretentious and laced with ulterior motives, identifies those moments. For financial reasons, Delilah deceitfully pretended to love Samson in order to seduce him while being a spy for his enemy.
Sexual passion has the power to diminish common sense, numb the conscience, and blur spiritual and emotional boundaries. The stronger the voice of sexual passion that is beyond God's boundaries, the more silent becomes the voice of conscience to warn of danger. In this state of mind Samson revealed to Delilah the secret of his strength.
It would be easy to condemn Samson for being so foolish, but have you ever been deceived by passion? Sin charges in full force to steal your voice of reason and logic. God’s word admonishes us to guard our hearts from sin by keeping our minds clear and our hearts tuned to God. He promises to be our shield and defender.
Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the
course of your life.
~Proverbs 4:23 New Living Translation
A good man produces good things from the good stored in
his heart, and an evil man produces evil from his evil stored there. What you
say flows from your heart.
~Luke 6:45 Beck – New Testament in the Language of
Today
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