We have all had experiences where we have been disappointed in people. Sometimes it is a close friend, family member, or someone you barely know. It seems the human condition is very frail, and so often wants to lean toward destruction. Our minds are equipped to accomplish great good in the world, but we so often use that ability for destruction instead.

The Bible clearly lays out a plan for our peace and happiness, but the Devil comes behind us and whispers sweetly in our ear, “But wouldn’t you rather do this instead? Wouldn’t it feel good? Who cares what anyone else thinks about it? You know you want to.” And God’s Spirit quietly gives you a warning signal–”Beware!!! Danger ahead!!!” Which do you answer to?

We have an inner signal that will try to warn us of trouble ahead of time, but do we heed the warning, or go blindly on our way heading toward destruction, screaming, “Leave me alone, I will do what I want to do.” And then we fall suddenly into the ditch. We look around and cry, “Please help me, God!” And you know what? He does! He loves us that much! But wouldn’t it be wonderful if we would use our senses to avoid the ditch in the first place.

We don’t always heed the warning signals because the Bible tells us in Hebrews 11:24-25 that there is pleasure in sin for a season; but the wages of sin is death it states in Romans 6:16.

We try so hard to ignore that little quite nudging of our spirit to avoid the danger. At first we are a little uncomfortable, we know it is not right, and then we feel a little less and less uncomfortable as sin progresses until we don’t feel the warning signals any more. The Bible states that sin will take you farther than you want to go, cost you more than you want to pay, and keep you longer than you want to stay.

Don’t fall into sin’s trap; it is much easier to avoid the danger of sin than to get out of it once entrapped. Don’t fall victim to sin; heed those early warning signals!!