Traps

To help generate revenue for county and city fiscal budgets, sheriffs and police officers capitalize on certain areas where the likelihood of traffic violations are higher.  They lie in wait to catch unsuspecting motorists in speed traps.

If a person is driving sensibly and obeying the laws, chances of getting a ticket are generally minimal or nil.  But when attention is not given to the speedometer or speed limit signs along the way, this is the time when the inevitable takes place.

Talking your way out of a ticket is a useless waste of breath.  The deed was done; the consequence imposed.

Likewise, Satan lies in wait for people that disobey God’s laws.  When speeding in the wrong direction, it is easy to disregard signs that read:  STOP; WRONG WAY; DO NOT ENTER; KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.  One can fall into Satan’s trap when heart and mind drift away from God’s teachings.

Satan not only wants to shame us with his ticket of condemnation, he desires to make an arrest and take us to his eternal prison.  In his ungodly territory he appoints himself judge, jury and executioner. 

The devil demands a guilty verdict as he throws the evidence of our unrighteous behavior in the face of God, claiming that he now owns our soul.  But Satan doesn’t have the final say.  Jesus is the court appointed attorney who makes intersession to the Father, the righteous judge, on behalf of the accused.  Jesus reminds God that He paid the price for all wrong doings and then bails us out of prison with the blood He shed on Calvary’s cross.  All we need to do is ask for forgiveness.

Though the deeds were done, and the infractions many, our advocate pleads the case for us.  God’s verdict is, “Not guilty!”  Because I made that one call to the Lord rather than trying to defend myself against my accuser, God dropped all charges and said, “Dismissed! Case closed!”  Jesus won another victory.

It’s an effort in futility when trying to get off the hook in our own righteousness and good works.  It’s useless to use them as a defense before God.  (Isaiah 64:6) “But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousness is as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.” 

Only the blood of Jesus can make our violations disappear from sight, because God sees us through the crimson flow and remembers Calvary.

Written by,
Papa Boyd