Judges 16

Why would he tell her? Doesn't his willingness to reveal his secret to her, after she has clearly demonstrated that she is going to betray him, look like complete insanity? Yes, until we see Samson's true sin. I believe Samson revealed his secret because he did not believe his secret held the power of his strength any longer. I believe he told her because he did not believe he was taking any risk at all. I believe Samson was guilty of an egregious sin, the sin of self-reliance. Samson had come to believe that he was his own source of strength, the very sin that cast Lucifer out of the heavens. Samson was not surprised that Delilah had schemed to have him captured; he was surprised that he had actually lost his strength.

We all live a life between the pillars ultimately, it is just a matter of which pillars they will be. In the end, we see Samson between two pillars (Judges 16:29). I believe this is a prophetic reference to the two pillars between which he was supposed to be living, the two he had forsaken. I say prophetic because the two pillars of which I speak had not yet been built. In 1 Kings 7:21 we read that God instructed Solomon to place two massive pillars at the top of the temple steps, named Jachin and Boaz. "He will establish" and "In Him is strength" respectively. Interesting parallel isn't it given Samson's anointing, as a judge, to establish Israel with strength. Samson forgot the "He" and "Him" of his calling, an utter dependence upon God.

Which pillars are you between? Just as we read in Joshua 8:34 and Joshua 24:14-15, so too we must choose. Life or death, blessing or cursing, which pillars, which path, which life?

As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord, Jachin and Boaz, He will establish, In Him is strength. We will wait upon the Lord!

Pastor Fred