As it relates to a person’s character, the phrase “blind spot” is defined as “an area in which one fails to exercise judgment or discrimination.” Samson was a strong man, and the Spirit of the Lord was upon him to judge Israel, but he had a weakness in his character. He allowed women whom he loved to wear down his resolve and expose secrets.

Many of us are familiar with Delilah doing this to Samson. “And it came to pass, when she pestered him daily with her words and pressed him, so that his soul was vexed to death, that he told her all his heart, and said to her, ‘No razor has ever come upon my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaven, then my strength will leave me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man’” (Judges 16:16-17). However, this was not the first time Samson had fallen prey to a woman’s continual words.

When Samson was married, his wife talked him into telling her the secret of his riddle. “Then Samson’s wife wept on him, and said, ‘You only hate me! You do not love me! You have posed a riddle to the sons of my people, but you have not explained it to me.’ And he said to her, ‘Look, I have not explained it to my father or my mother; so should I explain it to you?’ Now she had wept on him the seven days while their feast lasted. And it happened on the seventh day that he told her, because she pressed him so much. Then she explained the riddle to the sons of her people” (Judges 14:16-17).

The first time Samson fell to his weakness it cost him thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothes. He should have learned from this, because the second time it cost him his life.

What is our blind spot? What is our weakness? Have we learned from our past failures and resolved not to expose ourselves to these weaknesses again? The devil is a tireless enemy who is looking for an opportunity to destroy our souls (1 Pet. 5:8). Let us learn from our past failures and stand strong in the Lord.