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Monday, January 24, 2011

God will deliver us from the trapper.


"For it is He who delivers you from the snare of the trapper."-Psalm 91:3
"For it is He who delivers you from the snare of the trapper"--Psalm 91:3.  This Psalm, while the language is heavily poetic and metaphorical, it is talking about the protection we have in God if we trust in Him. There is two ways we can look at the language of this Psalm.  When God delivers from something, that means He has freed us from something.  For example, Christ came that we might be delivered from our sins. Christ set us free from the power our sins have over us.  Of course, the condition is that we trust in Him and obey His gospel and His commands.  To read more about how to do that click the "Are You Sure of Your Eternal Salvation?" link on the sidebar.  Returning to the Psalm though, we know there is a trapper and we know that God delivers us from His trap.  As I said before we can look at it in two different ways.

"...it is He who delivers you from the snare of the trapper." As long as we are in this world, there will be troubles.  Due to the fallen nature of the world we live in, trouble will find us.  When trouble finds us, the circumstances are typically outside our control.  For example, maybe the trouble that has found you today is job loss due to the economy, or maybe its a moment of change in your life such as a divorce or the death of a loved one.  Those last two, I have one friend who I just found out yesterday is dealing with divorce and another friend who only hours prior to the writing of this devo lost a loved one, please pray for both.  I always think it is interesting how almost every time I hear of a case of trouble finding a person, I stumble on a passage that just seems to fit the situation. I don't know what you are dealing with right now if trouble has somehow found you.  Maybe it's something other than the examples I gave, but if we trust in God, He will comfort us and protect us from "the snare of the trapper." He will not allow us to to stumble but to walk closer to Him if we trust in Him during our time of trouble.  But while trouble sometimes finds us, we sometimes find trouble.

There is a second way we could look at this passage.  Sometimes, as a result of a choice we have made, we get ourselves in to trouble.  It does not necessarily have to be a sin that got us in to said trouble, although it could be, but it could also have been a simple error in judgment on our part.  Maybe you chose the wrong words to use when speaking to someone and they got offended by what you said, I think we have all been in this situation at some point in our lives.  Or maybe it is a sin that got you into trouble. I posted a devo last week regarding King David and what his sin with Bathsheba cost him.  Whether it's a sin or a simple error in judgment or choice of words on your part, remember that if you trust in God, He will deliver you. God will get you through any consequences you might be dealing with as a result of your choice.  If there is something you have done recently that got you into trouble, whether big or small, I encourage you not to live with regret of having done it but simply learn from the experience and with God's help, try not to repeat it.  God will deliver us from the snare of the trapper a.k.a. Satan.

If there is something you need to rectify that you have been praying to God about for a while, maybe you can be the answer to your own prayer. Go and make it right, whether it's with someone you might have offended in some way or if it is something you need to rectify in your own life, go to God and allow Him to deliver you from the trapper. Maybe you are reading this and you haven't gone to God and allowed Him to deliver you from your sins through His Son Jesus Christ and obedience to his gospel which we can read about in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4. If this is the case, see the link I mentioned at the beginning of this devo. Whatever situation you might be in, remember trust in God and follow His commands, "For it is He who delivers you from the snare of the trapper." DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, PRAY ABOUT IT, LOVE Y'ALL GOD BLESS!  

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