Don't Invite Trouble Into Your Camp

God warns us not to covet things in the world that can be a snare to us. In the Hebrew these are called 'Kerem', accursed things, snares, nets that can snatch us from our blessings in the river of God.

And you, by all means abstain from the accursed things, lest you become accursed when you take of the accursed things, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.
(Jos 6:18)

When we covet and go after the things of the world, we bring them into our homes, allowing them to be a snare to our loved ones in addition to being a snare to ourselves. Unfortunately, the mightest warriors of God can find themselves attracted to what the world has to offer, and the next thing you know they are bringing in accursed stuff (snares)- into their lives, into their homes, into their churches.

Many of you probably know the story of Gideon and how he won mighty victories for the Lord. But how many of you know the story of Gideon and the accrused thing?

Then Gideon said to them, "I would like to make a request of you, that each of you would give me the earrings from his plunder." For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites. So they answered, "We will gladly give them." And they spread out a garment, and each man threw into it the earrings from his plunder. Now the weight of the gold earrings that he requested was one thousand seven hundred shekels of gold, besides the crescent ornaments, pendants, and purple robes which were on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were around their camels' necks. Then Gideon made it into an ephod [image] and set it up in his city, Ophrah. And all Israel played the harlot with it there. It became a snare to Gideon and to his house.
(Jdg 8:24-27)

We can't live on past moves of God, past successes, or the spiritual man or woman that we knew ourselves to be yesterday. We are all tempted, but let's not invite temptation to camp out with us. It's one thing to get caught up in a net, but it's another thing to get caught up in a net that we brought into the camp.

Are there any accursed things in your camp?

Be careful my friend. What a shame to be snared in a net that we ourselves brought into the camp.

Don't invite trouble into your camp.