I must admit that I got caught in A Tangled Web this morning. At 3:46 this morning as I was working in my office, I heard the toilet flush. I did not hear anyone come down the stairs, so I was a little intrigued as who it could be. It was my son, Darron. I called him into the office to tell him it was too early for him to be up. I sent him upstairs to go back to bed. Later, my wife came down stairs to workout. I told her about Darron. After I came out of the office, she began telling me that she did not want me calling him into the office with the light on sitting him on my knee because that wakes him up and he can’t go back to sleep. Instantly, I got hotter than a curling iron. It seemed to me that if he got up, walked through the den down the stairs to the restroom, and used the restroom that he was already awake; yet, I was to blame. Needless to say, I did not own the responsibility. It led to me just asking her to leave it alone because it was annoying me. I exclaimed “please’. She asked me if I was telling her to shut up. I told her I’d never say that, but I would appreciate her stop talking about that.
As I normally do when I get upset, I turned to the Word. BAM! The faithful God demonstrated that He is God and kept his promise to me. The Spirit of God told me to go to the home page of biblegateway.com. I followed that direction and this is what I was shown.
Vesre of the Day
12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. Ephesians 6:12-13 NASB
Just as quickly as I got hotter than a curling iron, the Word of God cooled me down. Through the Word, God judged and condemned my response to my wife. It was not representative of Him. Plus, I had allowed those comments to disturb and disrupt my peace. I was no longer under the control of the Holy Spirit but my sinful flesh. I had allowed myself to be caught up in A Tangled Web. I did not follow the admonition the submitted several days ago from Hebrews. Hebrews 12:1-3 says about being caught up in the web of sin. “1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. 2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.” The Word of God tells us to THROW OFF everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles us.
