A blue crab, unexpectedly trapped and overlooked by the crabber, is bleached white by an unrelenting sun.
Jesus talked often about the devil’s traps. In Luke 21:34, 36(NIV), for example, “Be careful or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the anxieties of life. And that day will close on you unexpectedly like a trap…”. Sin becomes easy with no remorse. Excuses and self-justification take the place of true mourning for sinning. Bam-trapped!
We face enumerable traps designed to move us away from God. One such trap is money. Some people do almost anything to obtain it, and once they have it, feel so powerful and independent that they lose sight of God, falsely believing that they no longer need Him. Look at politians who vote against the best interests of their constituency; then follow the money. They are indeed TRAPPED.
Paul instructs Timothy, a young minister, in 1 Timothy 6:9-10 (NIV): “People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil…”. He offers this alternative in verse 18: “Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous…”.
Traps abound, but fortunately we have the broad shoulders of Jesus to steer us around them.
I Found Him…spotting a bleached crab in a stack of crab pots.