There's a Crack in Your Armor Perry Stone

have been When Mighty Men Fall, They Fall Hard . Samson had broken his Nazirite covenant, causing the Spirit of the Lord to depart from him (Judg. 16:20). For months he served as a human ox, chained to a grinding stone, grinding grain for the Philistines who enjoyed mocking this former Israeli strong man. The enemy, however, ceased to pay attention to one important fact. When a man’s hair is cut, in time it will grow back— just as lost faith can be recovered and restored. As Samson’s hair began to grow, Delilah forgot to keep her scissors close by (v. 22). The enemy assumed that since the Spirit of God had departed, the Lord was finished with this human failure and had exited his life once and for all. Samson felt his hair touching his back and was reminded of his Nazirite vow. (See Numbers 6:2–21.) On one particular day Samson cried out to the Lord two simple words: “Remember me!” The full prayer is in Judges 16:28. Then Samson called to the LORD, saying, “O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray! Strengthen me, I pray, just this once, O God, that I may with one blow take vengeance on the Philistines for my two eyes!” The fatal fall was not fatal after all. The story of Samson is the story of a man of God who forgot to protect himself from his own weakness—a desire for strange women. He could be the businessman who leaves his wife for another woman, or the minister who is bored with ministry and becomes physically involved with a church member, or two youths who go beyond just friendship. Some battles are minor skirmishes leaving