The Far Country Will Cost You More Than You Want to Pay

Samson loved to flirt with danger, and he loved to play with fire; eventually he got burned. Samson loved a woman named Delilah, and the Philistines offered to pay her a great price to discover the secret of his strength and how they could overcome him (Judges 16:4ff). Samson would tell her various things, and then the Philistines would come to capture him. He would break his bonds and defeat his would-be captors, only to repeat the same scenario several times. Samson thought he could handle it; Samson thought he was in control.

Samson was toying with sin, and then, it was time for sin to toy with Samson. He finally broke down and told Delilah the truth about his strength; she shaved his head and the Philistines captured him. When the time came for Samson to pay up, he found it was much more than for which he bargained. He lost his strength, his eyes, his freedom and his honor, all in a flash. Samson was the strongest man who ever lived, yet all his strength was not enough. Sin still got the best of him.