Getting rid of Torment and Oppression - Part 1

Delilah made Samson sleep on her knees. And she called a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. Then she began to torment him, and his strength left him. Judges 16:19

Bible says, "Delilah began to torment him and Samson's strength who was God left Him." Because of your sin, God's Spirit will not be with you. If God's Spirit leaves you, you are the most weakest person. If God's Spirit is with you, then you might be alone, yet, with God's strength you can defeat thousands of your enemies. God's strength will help you tear a lion with your bear hands, without any weapon. You are stronger than the strongest, when God's Spirit i.e. Holy Spirit is with you.

As long as Samson had Holy Spirit with Him, no Delilah could torment Samson. The moment Samson disobeyed God and left God, Holy Spirit also left Him and Samson was the weakest. Whenever you sin, get back to God immediately. Don't wait for evening prayer, or next day prayer. Immediately, ask for forgiveness and get back to God. God's Spirit is Holy. He wouldn't be with you in your sin. That doesn't mean that the sin which you are not aware of that it is a sin, He will be angry with you. No! God will not be angry with your for your sins which you have done not knowing that it is a sin. When your intention was not to sin. e.g. You might have spoken certain things which you might not be aware that you hurt others. God wouldn't be angry with you. At the right time, God will reveal to you that this is the sin you committed. After God reveals you your sin, then if you don't repent, but starts justifying your actions, by saying,"You were right and you did it being unaware etc and don't get yourself cleansed, then you are sinning on a higher level. This will harden your heart against God. Sin will only harden your heart against God, hence, repenting and coming back to God is very important.

Above everything, Samson had broken the covenant with God. Samson shared his secret with Delilah, which gave easy access to Delilah to enter Samson's heart. Samson removed God from his heart before Delilah could enter. He chose beauty before God. He became a slave of beauty and chose to remove God from his heart. Sometimes the things which you have committed to God has to be secret and only between you and God. Certain people though very close to you, who love you very much, might not understand your commitment with God. Samson actually sinned with his action later when he allowed Delilah to cut his hair. But he actually sinned when he allowed Delilah in his heart instead of God. When he gave Delilah the first place in his heart. This sin made him very weak. No matter who it is or what it is, never give anyone the 1^st place in your heart. It belongs to God. When you give the first place to God, then God will take care of all your relationship. He will make everyone, who ought to be with you, to hold that relationship with you. He will strengthen that relationship and make it fruitful.

– Jimsen & Sneha