Lions, Tigers, and "Snares", Oh My!

Galatians 6:7 "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soeth that shall he also reap."

Proverbs 29:6 "In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice."

Without getting into a long theological discourse, we all know that the Bible teaches that we often receive that which we have given whether it be good or bad.  The world calls it "what goes around, comes around."

In reading Proverbs 29:6 the other day I was stopped for a time regarding the snares.  For some reason the word snare "ensnared" me that day...pun intended!  I began to research the word and the verse and want to share with you briefly what I found.

The basic teaching is that when we sin we set a snare for ourselves that will entangle us somewhere down the line.  The more one transgresses the law the more snares he sets for himself.  The Bible gives us many ways in which we set snares for ourselves.  Space does not give me the opportunity to share them in this post.

What impressed me that morning was that having a snare out there waiting on me that I could not see or anticipate with any real sense of security bothered me a great deal.  I know I am being selfish but this to me is a real problem!  And to think that I set it!!

The thought I would like to leave with you is that there truly are consequences for sin and they often come in the form of snares seeking to entangle us, injure us, and even sometimes kill us.  Obviously this is not God's choosing for our lives for He loves us beyond comprehension.  The next time we are tempted to sin maybe this thought will race through our minds that we are setting snares for ourselves that will bring harm to us.

Finishing on a good thought, I believe that these snares are set when we sin and do not make it right with God.  I believe the confession of sin to the Lord lift the snares out of our lives.  There will always be negative consequences for sin but when we are right with the Lord we at least do not have to worry about the snares.