The Lord had left Him
The greatest blessing in life besides the miracle of salvation by grace through faith is that once we know Christ, God is with us all of the time. The Bible assures us that He will never leave us or forsake us. This means that we will always be saved. We can't lose our salvation, and God will never give up on us. However, there can be situations in which His powerful presence departs from us because we have departed from Him and His will for our lives. We must not take God's presence for granted. Samson is an example of a person who knew the Lord, but he made very bad decisions. God used those bad decisions to cause him to attack the Philistines and help God's people. When he finally made his worst decision, he told Delilah the source of his strength, and she cut his hair. (Judges 16:20) Then, she cried out that the Philistines were coming to capture him. He woke up and thought he would shake himself free like he did before. But he did not know the Lord had left him. He wa...