“14 He who is pregnant with evil and conceives trouble gives birth to disillusionment. 15 He who digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit he has made. 16 The trouble he causes recoils on himself; his violence comes down on his own head.” (Psalm 7:14-16 NIV).
The TEV puts this passage: “See how wicked people think up evil; they plan trouble and practise deception. 15 But in the traps they set for others, they themselves get caught. 16 So they are punished by their own evil and are hurt by their own violence.”
Over and over again Scripture warns us of deceptive practices. It reminds us that eventually our sin will become known (Numbers 32:23) and this passage warns those contemplating an evil or destructive course that eventually the harm they plan will come back on them!
How sad that sinful man perverts their God-given abilities to plan rebellion against God and evil against their fellow men. As I write these words, terrorists around the world and plotting and planning immense catastrophes for those who they see as enemies. For them an enemy is anyone who doesn’t agree with them (including people of different leanings within their own faith). They are heartless and cruel. But we can take heart. Eventually their plans will backfire; eventually the evil the export will be visited upon them and they will implode from within.
Only truth and righteousness can keep us from disillusionment. We can only know this truth and righteousness by studying the only book that is God-given: The Bible. I am the first to admit that there have been times in my Christian life where I have fallen prey to disillusionment, but as I studied the Word of God I soon discovered that the cause of my disillusion was that I had believed and illusion.
Those who decide to follow a wicked path will slip; those who walk with God will stand. (See Psalm 138).
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