Addicted to love? Judges 13-16

Addict<definitionTo habituate or abandon (oneself) to something

compulsively or obsessively

Addictive behavior is not the problem in itself but rather a symptom

of the underlying problem.

Life of SamsonHad a specific calling of God from birth> Judges

13:5 (NIV)5because you will conceive and give birth to a

son. No razor may be used on his head, because the boy is to be a Nazirite, set apart to God from birth, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hands of the Philistines.

• The term “nazirite” comes from the Hebrew word nazir meaning “consecrated” or “separated”

Judges 14: 1-4

1Samson went down to Timnah and saw there a young Philistine woman. 2When he returned, he said to his father and mother, “I have seen a Philistine woman in Timnah; now get her for me as my wife.”

3His father and mother replied, “Isn’t there an acceptable woman among your relatives or among all our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?” But Samson said to his father, “Get her for me. She’s the right one for me.” 4(His parents did not know that this was from the LORD, Who was seeking an occasion to confront the Philistines: for at that time they were ruling over Israel.)

• May have been unwilling to fulfill his calling• Jealousy• Pride• Fierce temper• Vengeful• Attracted to the wrong women• Unable to endure a women’s nagging

15Then she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when you won’t confide in me? This is the third time you have made a fool of me and haven’t told me the secret of your great strength.” 16With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was tired to death. 17So he told her everything.

Broke covenant relationship with God

Was Samson addicted to love?

Psalm 16

1Keep me safe, O God, for in you I take refuge.

2I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from you I have no

good thing.”

5LORD, you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have

made my lot secure.

6The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.