In Judges chapter two, the Israelites had been told not to make agreements with the Canaanites and told to tear down any of their altars when they entered the land. The Israelites failed on both counts. God then told them, "they will become a trap for you" (v 3).
As we enter into a covenant relation with God, there are things and perhaps relationships we must give up. If we don't, they will become a trap for us as well.
For instance, a drug addict comes to God, desiring to get clean but continues to hang out with his old crack buddies. You stop telling dirty jokes when you started going to church but you still listen to them at the office. Maybe you're holding on to anger or lust or pride. Do you see the point?
We either go with God or we stay where we are - one cannot do both. Now, the journey may take a while as we shed things along the way, but shed them we must for "no one can serve two masters" ( Matt 6:24).
Say, what sin are you holding on to? What attitude are you excusing? What relationship needs to be broken off? Jus' Askn.
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