Topic: Satanic Traps
Text: II Samuel 11:1-27

There are spiritual booby traps all around us. Additionally, there are lots of deadly landmines laid across the pathway of Christian pilgrims. Any wrong step could result in an explosion. This shows that it is wrong to walk carelessly as if there are no dangers.

Don’t be deceived. Satan is on the prowl. He stalks, steadily looking for a prey. If you are careless, you may receive an unexpected but deadly blow. However, you should not be scared by the fact that satanic traps abound. An over-comer, in the real sense of the word, does not fall into the trap of Satan. Anyone who falls into the trap of Satan cannot overcome. David was careless. He fell into the enemy’s trap.

Let us look at II Samuel 11:2, “And it came to pass in an evening tide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself, and the woman was very beautiful to look upon”. Little did David know that a trap had been set against him. But God had loved David very much since the time he was a shepherd boy. Satan knew this.

Those loved by God face the greatest danger of all. Satan had to seek for a way of getting rid of David. He decided to use a woman having her bath as the bait to ensnare him. The problem started when David saw the woman. He fell for her, had sex with her and she became pregnant. To cover up what he did, he murdered the woman’s husband, and then married the woman. God’s verdict came to him: “Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD… Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.” Satan got David.

Till today, the sword has not left the house of David. May our eyes not lead us to death. I don’t know the type of trap set for you by the enemy. You must watch and pray. Any careless slip may land you in the midst of a killer trap. Keep your eyes wide-awake. Do not fall into a satanic trap.

Memory Verse: 2 Samuel 12:10 - “Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.”