James 1:14 is a behind the scenes look at the bait used to entrap us through temptations. It says, “But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.”

I want to couple this with Judges 16. Samson was a Nazarite from birth. His parents were given specific instructions. Samson violated them on several occasions. He was a judge in Israel for twenty years, and a mortal enemy of the Philistines.

Samson also was an immoral man. He was tempted, drawn away by his own desires, and enticed. In verse 5 the lord of the Philistines said to Delilah, a harlot, “…Entice him, and find out where his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, that we may bind him to afflict him…” 

The secret hidden sins in our hearts, ignite our smoldering desires which will lead us right into the trap set to overpower and defeat us.