11 Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, “Do you not know that the Philistines rule over us? What is this you have done to us?”
I love the implications of this question: the philistines may be the ruling principle in everyone elses life, but I can still live free from their power and wage effective war against them.
I love the story of the enemy trapping Samson in the city, but He just lifts the gates up and carries them out to the top of a hill. The gates of hell shall not prevail. We can go right in to the enemies camp and right out again bringing with us those captives he thought were his!
Delilah's story reveals an enemy strategy: keep using the obvious trap because eventually they might fall for it. Perhaps the repeated temptation even builds a familiarity with the idea, and it becomes steadilly acceptable. Don't toy with the idea, don't make jokes about the possibilty. Take it seriously. It's fight or flight time!
Compromise will allow the enemy to steal your vision.
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