Posted by Jim Gray
When I was a kid growing up in Northern California, I was often bored out of my mind. My father who is a logger by trade often had creative ideas to cure my boredom. I recall a particular summer when he came up with the idea of building me a box trap. I could use it to trap birds, rabbits, and whatever else would like to eat peanut butter (this is a long list). The diagram below shows the best example I could find.

The end result was the trapdoor closing the victim inside the box. I was successful on my first attempt in catching a rather very annoyed “digger” squirrel. I brought the trap home with the rodent inside. My dad suggested I release it, which I did. I used the trap another time and the same thing happenend, might of been the same squirrel, too. The second rodent tore up the trap and it sat in my dad’s workshop unused.
This story came to mind last night as I sat reading Proverbs 1:
11 If they(the ones who do not listen to wisdom) say, “Come with us,
Let us lie in wait for blood,
Let us ambush the innocent without cause;
18 But they lie in wait for their own blood; They ambush their own lives.
Are you setting yourself up for an ambush? Are you someone who can be trusted?