Samson and the Gates

1One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute. He went in to spend the night with her. 2The people of Gaza were told, “Samson is here!” So they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They made no move during the night, saying, “At dawn we’ll kill him.”

3But Samson lay there only until the middle of the night. Then he got up and took hold of the doors of the city gate, together with the two posts, and tore them loose, bar and all. He lifted them to his shoulders and carried them to the top of the hill that faces Hebron. (Judges 16)

Thoughts: This is a classic Samson story.  God uses Samson's poor choices to defeat the people of Israel's enemies.  Samson chose to go to a pagan city.  He chose to spend the night with a prostitute.  Probably this was a temple prostitute that is used in pagan worship.  This was definitely a bad choice.  But God used this for Samson to tear the gates off of the town of Gaza. 
     I believe this teaches us that God can use our sin to bring about good.  This is usually the case.  We should not seek sin, but we should not think that sin has the last word and stop there.  

Prayer: Lord, use my sins to mold me and mold the world into your will.