Judges 16:1 says, Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.  Samson did not seem to be a man that we would think of as a man of God by many of his actions.  Still, we know that even those who are followers of Christ today can at times do things that are against God's will, and it does not mean that they are then no longer a child of God.  Verse two states, And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.  The people of Gaza heard that Samson was there and decided that they would kill him when he came out of the city the next morning and laid in wait for him.  We should not be surprised if the people of the world lie in wait to destroy us today, if not physically then at least our witness for Christ.  Verse three says, And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron  When Samson left at midnight, he took the doors of the city and its two posts away with him on his shoulders.  This pretty much stopped the plan of the people of Gaza to kill him when he left by the gate.  Verse four declares, And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.  Samson then loved a woman of Sorek, named Delilah.  He once again fell for a woman of the Philistines instead of a Jewish woman.  We  are not told that God lead Samson to this decision.  Verse five adds, And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.  The rulers of the Philistines came to Delilah and offered her a reward of eleven hundred pieces of silver each to tell them the source of Samson's strength.  This would indicate that Delilah was seen as being more interested in money than she was in Samson.  We should never allow ourselves to even be seen as being more interested in the riches of this world than we are of our relationship with God and His people.  If we are seen to be so, we can be certain that the world will attempt to use it against us and if nothing else attempt to discredit our witness for Christ.  Verse six says, And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.  Delilah came to Samson and asked him the source of his strength so that they might bind him.  We might think that Samson would have been concerned why Delilah would ask him this, but are not told that he was.  If people ask us the source of our power through Christ today in order that they might bind our ability to witness for Him, I would hope that we would see that their reason was not to spread the gospel.  Sometimes, people simply want to know about the gospel in an attempt to disprove or discredit it.  Verse seven states, And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.  Samson told her a lie about the source of his power.  It may be that he was just playing a game with her, but we can never afford to play games when it comes to our relationship with Christ and our power through Him.  Verse eight declares, Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.  The lords of the Philistines brought Delilah the seven green withs and she bound Samson with them.  Since she was the one that he told that this would defeat his power, we would think that Samson had to know that she was attempting to help the Philistines defeat him.  We should be able to tell when people are working against us spiritually today, especially if they if information that only a particular person knows is being used against us.  Verse nine adds, Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.  Some of the Philistines were in the chamber with Delilah, and she sounded the alarm to Samson.  She was making it appear that she was still concerned for Samson's well being.  He easily broke the bonds.  We need to realize that not everyone who claims to be looking out for our best interest today really is.  Some are just looking for the best way to defeat us spiritually, but if we keep our faith in God, we can easily defeat them through His power.