Judges 16:4-5
Some time later, he fell in love with a woman in the Valley
of Sorek whose name was Delilah. The rulers of the Philistines went to her and
said, “See if you can lure him into showing you the secret of his great
strength and how we can overpower him so that we may tie him up and subdue him.
Each one of us will give you eleven thousand shekels of silver.
The story of Samson and Delilah is a well-known story that does
not need much introduction or analysis. Unlike what I always thought, Samson
was not married to Delilah, he just loved her but the outcome of that illicit
love brought about his undoing as a hero.
I have mentioned several times on this blog that though
love is essential in every marriage union, but there is something that precedes
love and that prayers and divine consultation with God before letting loose
your love for anyone.
Just as love can be sweet, it can also be soar if and when
it is awakened when it is not desired. It was love without God that made Milcah to
be easily used by her father as a snare in the life of David to her own disadvantage. It was love
that led Joseph to labor 14yrs for a thief, an idolater and a jealous woman as
wife (Rachael) just because she was beautiful. And in the case of Samson it is also this same love
that caused Samson to loose his glory and power. And all these examples are of love
without God.
The right kind of love is the one that God makes happen;
that kind of love that exist between Isaac and Rebekah and the kind of love
that you find between Ruth and Boaz or that one that existed between Queen Esther
and King Vashti, and I can go on citing examples of the kind of love with God’s
hands on this.
So it’s important that you ask yourself; what is the kind
of love that you are holding unto? Is it the kind of love with God at the
center of it all, or is it the kind of love that was awakened when it is not desired, with self and lust as the center of it? If you don’t have God in the center of
your love, then invite Him into it today if you are married before that love without God becomes the greatest mistake of your life. And if you are not married but in
love, please put that love on hold and seek God first. Do this and you can be
sure that the love He puts in your life will last forever because it is from God.
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