Did Samson’s lust affect his logic?
I’ve always wondered about this, so I decided to devote a Sunday Brunch blog post to this topic. In Judges, Chapter 16, the Philistine rulers approached Delilah since they knew that Samson was in love with her. They wanted to know the secret to Samson’s strength. The rulers offered to give Delilah money if she could tell them this secret.
What’s always stumped me was Delilah asked Samson FOUR TIMES, about the secret of his strength. The first three of those four times he lied to her, and, afterwards, he always fell asleep and found himself bound with the offending material, and Delilah was always yelling about the approaching Philistines. Samson always easily escaped from the ropes, fabric, thongs, etc. since these items did not deplete his strength (although he’d told Delilah otherwise).
I’ve always thought that sometime during those first three times, Samson would’ve gotten a clue that Delilah had an agenda. It was so obvious considering the pattern of events. However, he ended up telling her the truth eventually, and that caused his downfall.
Do you think that Samson was so overcome with lust and love for Delilah that he couldn’t think clearly?
I think his lust overcame his logic. Also, the scriptures mention that the Lord came upon Samson numerous times. Perhaps this was the way that the Lord wanted the events to occur?
Feel free to share your thoughts!
I’ve always wondered about that too. I mean, why didn’t Samson get it after the first time he told Delilah a lie about how to make him helpless and she immediately tried it? That would be a serious relationship red flag for me :-). I’d have to vote for God fogging his mind- as much as Samson let lust rule him, I still don’t think he would have fallen for the banana in the tailpipe unless God blinded him to the danger. If it was only lust, he most likely would have just dumped Delilah for a woman who wouldn’t nag him about his secrets 🙂
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