The Biblical story of Samson portrays him as fun-loving and driven by passions that revealed a self-absorbed personality. He was possessed by amazing physical strength, and he used it to compliment his passions. He was obsessed with women who were out-of-bounds for him as a man of God.
Although God gave Samson a lifetime profession, he apparently became bored and would go looking for excitement and challenge with people who were enemies. He chose to cohabitate with Delilah, believing he was above God’s social, moral, and spiritual laws.
After pushing the envelope to the limit, it appeared he would die in disgrace as a blind slave. However God answered his prayers and gave him hope that he could die for something worthwhile: a purpose God would honor. He hoped by dying, he could avenge himself of living merely to satisfy his passions. Samson died believing his hope in the Lord God would mean deliverance from the penalty of having lived a raucous, rebellious life.
O Lord, your discipline is good and leads to life and
health. Oh, heal me and make me live! Yes, now I see it all – it was good for
me to undergo this bitterness, for you have lovingly delivered me from death;
you have forgiven all my sins.
~Isaiah 38:16-17 The Living Bible
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