Judges 16:1

Judges 16:1 says, Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.  Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a horlot and went to her.   Samson may have been a mighty man when he allowed the Holy Spirit to guide him, but he still too often seemed to just do what he wanted to do.  We as Christians can too often be the same way, chasing after the things of this world instead of seeking God's will for our life.  Verse two adds, 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 night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.  Someone told the people of Gaza that Samson was there, and they devised a plan to kill him.  They were going to lie in wait all night outside the city gate and ambush him in the morning.  They were not going to just face him head on, and those who would destroy Christians today often attempt to destroy them by indirect means.  Verse three continues, 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.  Samson got up at midnight, and we really aren't told why.  Matthew Henry speculates that God got him up through an angel or a dream, but we aren't told this.  Still, because of what he then did we can say that God was still empowering him.  As the men of Gaza lay in wait outside the gate for him, Samson did not go out the gate, but took the gate and everything associated with it on his shoulders  and carried it to the top of the hill before Hebron.  I believe that this was once again a display of the amazing strength that God had blessed Samson with, though we are not told directly that Samson was acting under God's guidance in this situation.  God may at times give us as followers of Christ the victory in a particular situation that we are in, even if we are in that situation because of our own desires instead of His guidance.  We can say without a doubt that whatever situation we are in as Christians that the Holy Spirit is there with us.  Verse four states, And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.  After this encounter, we are told that Samson loved a woman of Sorek named Delilah.  Once more, we are not told that Samson sought God's will in this.  Today, too many Christians seek a relationship with someone of the opposite sex who is not likewise a Christian.  We need to understand that as followers of Christ the Holy Spirit indwells us to guide us in all that we do, and we should seek His guidance in everything, especially something as important as who we seek as our spouse.