Pray the words of this Lazaroo aloud, in sobered up self-assessment:

“…your friends will deceive and overpower you; those who eat your bread will set a trap for you, but you will not detect it.”
(Obadiah 1:7)

It would be bad enough to have my friends betray me, Jesus.

It would be even worse to learn that somebody I’ve fed has set a trap for me.

But worst of all would be for this to happen

and not have a clue

to stick my foot in the trap set by these people I’ve trusted

and not see it coming

to be dangling upside down by my ankle
from a fat rope tied to a tall tree

and have no idea how I got there.

That’s the kind of punishment You reserve

for those who flaunt Your warnings
who laugh at Your Word
who spit in Your face.

O God.

May I

never
ever
ever

do that.

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Exodus 23:20-22; Numbers 14:42-43; Deuteronomy 7:9-10; Joshua 24:19-21; Psalms 41:9; Psalms 103:8-18; Proverbs 29:19; Micah 7:5-7; Matthew 10:34-39; John 13:18-26

What is Lazaroo?

Take Me Deeper

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