Exodus 34:12 Take care, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which you go, lest it become a snare in your midst.
Judges 2:2 But you have not obeyed my voice. What is this you have done?
Deuteronomy 7:16 Your eye shall not pity them, neither shall you serve their gods, for that would be a snare to you.
Joshua 23:12-13 For if you turn back and cling to the remnant of these nations remaining among you and make marriages with them, so that you associate with them and they with you, know for certain that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you, but they shall be a snare and a trap for you, a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good ground that the LORD your God has given you.
Judges 2:3 So now I say, I will not drive them out before you, but they shall become thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare to you.”
Psalms 106:36 They served their idols, which became a snare to them.
Exodus 23:33 They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me; for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”
How can you spot a snare when they are craftily hidden and blind to those near them? Warnings that stepping outside of walking within a God-honoring, seeking, humble servant mindset need to be remembered. What are potential snares? Prosperity, greed, lust, coveting, are all just under the service waiting to snare us. However, the real snare is the one that comes from being asleep, deaf, blind, lukewarm, complacent, and neglectful to God’s word and listening to the culture and society that is saying you are ok enough without keeping God first in your everyday life.
Our belief, conversion, repentance, forgiveness, are not an end-all to our walk with God. It is the beginning of a new life, life change, and life purpose. These changes are forever growing and maturing as we gain wisdom, understanding, and knowledge from and through God’s word. If His word being active in your daily life is not a desire, If hearing His leading daily is not a desire, If wanting to honor, glorify, serve, follow and obey is not a daily desire – unless there is a change in your choice and commitment your life will be filled with one snare after another because there is nothing keeping you from walking blindly into them.
Desire His word. Learn the truth within it. Be a student of it. Above all desire to live to honor and glorify God giving the light of Jesus Christ to a lost world.
