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Judges chapter 8, verse 27.

And Gideon made an effid of it and put it in his city, in Oprah,

and all Israel horde after it there.

And it became a snare to Gideon and to his family.

Oh, do you see the danger here, the warning here for every single one of our lives?

So just to remember the context, Gideon has, by God's grace, been used at this point to bring deliverance to God's people from the Midianites.

And God has given him success. And yet here, in verse 27, Gideon does something that goes against the

word of God. He made an effort and put it in his city in a way that

led Israel into idolatry. So don't miss the danger and the warning here of how success can just

like that so quickly lead to sin.

How even being used by God to do something

or experiencing God's grace in a powerful way,

we, and our sinful nature, can just like that, turn around and do that which goes totally against

God's word and lead other people into sin.

Like success, if we are not careful, can lead to sin in all kinds of ways in our lives.

And the lesson is guard your heart at all times, at all times.

And we read through scripture there, there certainly seem to be emphasis on guarding our

hearts at particular times. And Judges chapter 8 is clearly a warning to guard our hearts when things are going well

and when we experience some sort of success.

And so we pray, God help us to guard our hearts always, always, all day long today, all day long tomorrow.

In every situation, in every circumstance, God we pray that you'd help us to guard our hearts against

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