Digging A Hole for Yourself

“He who digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit he has made.  The trouble he causes recoils on himself; his violence comes down on his own head.”
Psalm 7:15-16

It’s amazing to find out how many catchphrases we’ve heard in our life end up coming from the Bible.  I’ve often heard the phrase about a person digging a hole for one’s self or burying themself.  A related phrase is how one reaps what they sow.  We do need to be careful of how we treat people as it can and often does come back upon us.  There are cultures that use pits to trap and catch their enemies or animals.  Thus, it seems that when we plan evil and willingly go forth devising a plan that will potentially wrong someone, that plan may become the pit we fall into.  I don’t believe that people propagate wrong or evil for the sake of hurting others.  However, I think it would be more about self-ambition and gain or revenge.  Sometimes it seems that our desire to get ahead or gain things for ourselves can actually be manifested in plans that can wrong others and dig ourselves deeper into holes that we might not be able to climb out of.

APPLICATION:

Sometimes, although we may be so talented and gifted in what we can do; it’s our success and looking at what we did rather than what the Lord did that begins to disqualify ourselves in our calling and purpose.  It often isn’t intentional, but we aren’t able to see that we’ve gone from the serving the Lord to serving our self-gratification or interests.  One’s talents and gifting begin to overshadow the relational and respect.  We can sometimes be so involved in digging that we forget about sowing, which then results in us reaping a hole that we are sinking into.