Entangled By Sin?

586 - Today's Prime Time Devo comes from 2Sa 18:6-9, “So the people went out into the field of battle against Israel. And the battle was in the woods of Ephraim. 7 The people of Israel were overthrown there before the servants of David, and a great slaughter of twenty thousand took place there that day. 8 For the battle there was scattered over the face of the whole countryside, and the woods devoured more people that day than the sword devoured. 9 Then Absalom met the servants of David. Absalom rode on a mule. The mule went under the thick boughs of a great terebinth tree, and his head caught in the terebinth; so he was left hanging between heaven and earth. And the mule which was under him went on. The battle evidently turned into a route for the forces of David and Absalom along with his troops fled into the woods of Ephraim. Biblical scholars tell us that this was a terrible place to be when on the run. There were pits and bogs and dense underbrush and vines. Just imagine trying to outrun someone in those conditions! The advantage in such a case always belongs to the pursuer. These snares and pitfalls were brought on by the rebellion of the Absalom and his men. It is the same for you and I. When we rebel against God, we often wind up in the same situation. Trapped in the pit of wrong choices we have made. Ensnared in sin that entangles us, and if not extracted through repentance, confession, and the deliverance of Christ, we are doomed! 2Pe 2:15-20 says, “They have forsaken the right way and gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; 16 but he was rebuked for his iniquity: a dumb donkey speaking with a man's voice restrained the madness of the prophet. 17 These are wells without water, clouds carried by a tempest, for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever. 18 For when they speak great swelling words of emptiness, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, the ones who have actually escaped from those who live in error. 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage. 20 For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning.” Brother! Sister! Entangled by sin! Wake up! There is still time to escape! Turn to Jesus, let Him untangle you and live!