Power

Power is not a reward for holiness - a kind of spiritual merit badge. Samson's power seemed to depend not on his lifestyle but on his haircuts - or rather the absence of them. You say, "Yes, but that was obedience, wasn't it?" Of course, it was. But long hair did not make Samson holy, except in a symbolic sense. It marked him as one set apart. After all, every Christian is a "set apart" person. But that is just my point. Like Samson, Christians fail to live holy lives sometimes exercise divine power. Or so it appears from the godly fruit they produce.

John White, When The Spirit Comes With Power, p. 132