Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - The Trap That Got Your Mama - #8305

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

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A friend of ours just got sick and tired of the armadillo that was tearing up his yard. So he borrowed a trap that lured that critter into a cage and it worked. So, our friend took his unwanted armadillo for a long ride and dropped him off in the woods. Then he left the trap in the yard overnight. Well, it turns out that armadillo must have been a mama, because the next morning, there were three baby armadillos there. I think they’re called “armadettes”, and they were there right in the cage.

I’m Ron Hutchcraft, and I know it’s kind of crazy, but those little ones walked right into the trap that got their mama, and they’re not the only ones. How many humans have walked into the same kind of trap that got their mama or their daddy? You know, those things that our parent did or said that we thought we’d never do or say. It seems like it’s human nature to end up handling life in a lot of the same ways that our parents did, including the things they did that hooked them, that hurt lots of people—that only made their problems worse and that drove us crazy. Like a moth flying into the flame, we’re strangely drawn to repeat our parent’s mistakes and wound another generation with those mistakes.

But it doesn’t have to be that way. The Bible says, “You were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers with the precious blood of Christ” (1 Peter 1:18-19 ). Amazingly, when Jesus died on the cross for your sin and mine, and our parents’, He broke the power of entrenched sins. Now He makes it possible for you to say, “It stops here in my generation, because I have a Savior and His name is Jesus!”

If you’ve never begun a relationship with Him and you’re ready for that, would you go to our website? There’s a lot of information there about how to get started with Him. It’s ALifeThatMatters.org.

This radio program references: 1 Peter 1:18-19