The wicked desire evil.

"The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit." Proverbs 12:12

The word “desireth” means they delight in it or they find beauty in it. You might say they find it as something most wonderful and delicious. And the Lord says they “desireth the net” meaning something used to catch something like fish, but here it catches evil. Satan is no doubt the “evil one” and he is the one who has the net and it is his desire to catch all that he can. Now while evil people or people that are lost blindly swim into this net Christians should know better. Christians should have enough biblical knowledge to see the net when it is approaching; however there are many who simply cannot see the danger signs of the upcoming evil net. God went on to say “but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit." The righteous should yield fruit and this is impossible if they swim into the net of evil.

While Satan is fishing for the lost with his net spread wide, he finds them easy prey because they swim blindly with their eyes closed shut. They cannot produce fruit because nothing they do pleases God, now or never unless they come to Jesus Christ asking for forgiveness and salvation. The Psalmist wrote “He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.” Psalms 10:9 He is not attempting to catch them he is going to catch them “he doth catch the poor” with all of his temptations. Satan knows our desires and he understand how to tempt us, he is not as ignorant as most thinks that he is. He is a great fisherman, he knows the best fishing hole, he knows the best bait, and he has all of the proper tool to fish with, and with all this being said; he is the great fisherman. He is as sly has a fox, he sits in the dark and waits with much patience, he is like unto a snake all coiled up just patiently waiting on you to step just close enough. He knew Eve’s weakness and he also knew Adam was weak thru his beloved wife. He knows your churches weakness and has his net also set for her and just when the church is in her weakest point the net goes out and Satan fishes. If a church and Christians alike keep themselves updated in Gods word we become harder to catch. We see the net when it is stretched to its fullest length and we go over, under, around, or simply turn around.

The Lord said in Proverbs 8:19 "My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver." The Christians fruit is better than gold even more valuable than fine gold. It is better because its reward is not the blessings of this earth but rather eternal blessings from God. Money is our weakest point; we all desire to have money even if we deny that we do, because money delivers enjoyment to our flesh. If you have money you can buy what you want, have what you want, and it delivers power to them that have it. The Lord went as far to say “For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.” 1 Timothy 6:10 But remember God said it is also what causes us to “have erred from the faith”. We must understand that we cannot serve two masters; we cannot serve God and mammon with mammon being money. When our love for money gets in our way then it causes us to forget God, it causes us to not allow anything including God to get in our way to make it. It makes church an option rather than a commandment. Beloved let us pray that we do not get caught in Satan’s net, lets swim around it or simply turn back, because he loves to catch Gods children in his net of evil.