The prayer of David under the Law was "take not
Thy Holy Spirit from me" (Psalms 51:11)
No such prayer for the saint under grace, "And
grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption" (Ephesians 4:30)
Yet it is also recorded after the betrayal of Delilah,
"the Lord was departed from him" (Judges 16:20)
Samson had betrayed the evidence of his strength (Judges 16:17), which was also the sign
of his consecration to the Lord (Judges 13:5)
The Lord's absence became painfully real to Samson
through physical torture, imprisonment and ridicule by the enemy (Judges 16:21-25)
Samson's life of compromise brings him to ruin at the
hands of the idolatrous Philistines (Judges 16:21-25)
Israel' history of compromise will yet climax in their
ruin at the hands of "the Assyrian", the Antichrist (Isaiah 10:5-7)
Samson came to faith when he came to the end of himself
and the Lord responds by yielding to him the greatest of his victories over his enemies - the slaying of 3000 Philistines (Judges 16:26-30)
So will it be with the faithful remnant of Israel who
come to the Lord in faith during their affliction (Hosea 5:15 - 6:2)