Folks who sleep with hound dogs are liable to wake up with fleas. Then there was the little girl with the perfectly logical explanation about why she fell out of bed. "I went to sleep to near to where I got in." It is not only the fact that Samson was sleeping when he met his ruin at the hands of Delilah that causes me to think of those two proverbs when I read his story. The strongman of the Book of Judges is a poster child for the Brotherhood of Poor Choices. He went where he shouldn't go, desired what he shouldn't have, demanded that which would lead to his ruin, and refused to turn back thinking he was immune to fleas, and secure on his perch on the edge of the bunk.
A thousand years before it was written down Samson lived the deception of thinking he could sow without reaping. (Galatians 6:7).
Though his death resulted in a serious blow to Israel's enemies, there is no doubt, Samson's life was a waste. Incredible potential, in spite of heroic exploits, limited production. Hound dogs. Way too comfortable way too close to sin.
You can read his story in Judges 13-16. We'll be looking at this Sunday at CBC.
It's STTA.
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