Turning Your Trap Into Triumph

Turning your Trap to Triumph

Study Text: Psalm 7:15–16

Introduction:

- David, the sweet psalmist of Israel, understood that the God of justice never allows the wicked to escape unpunished.

- Evil may appear to prosper for a time, but in due season, the wicked reap what they sow.

- Psalm 7:15–16 paints a vivid picture: the trap set for the righteous often ensnares the wicked themselves.

- Beloved, this is a spiritual law. The pit digger becomes the pit dweller. The hunter becomes the hunted. The accuser becomes the accused. The wicked cannot escape the boomerang of divine justice.

- We shall be discussing the sermon under three subheadings:

1. The Plot of the Wicked: The Pit Prepared

2. The Principle of Reversal: The Trap Turns

3. The Portion of the Righteous: Divine Preservation

1. The Plot of the Wicked: The Pit Prepared

- The psalmist says, “He made a pit, and digged it…”

- Pits represent traps, conspiracies, evil schemes, and satanic setups.

- From Joseph’s brothers who threw him into a pit, to Harman who built gallows for Mordecai, the wicked always plot against the just.

- But hear this: every pit dug for your downfall will become the graveyard of your enemies in Jesus name.

2. The Principle of Reversal: The Trap Turns

- “…and is fallen into the ditch which he made.”

- God has a way of turning the tables. The enemy’s weapon backfires.

1. Pharaoh and his armies drowned in the Red Sea he thought will destroy Israel.

2. Daniel’s enemies were devoured in the same lions’ den they designed for him.

3. Harman was hanged on the gallows he built for Mordecai.

- The wicked cannot escape the boomerang principle: what you sow, you must reap.

3. The Portion of the Righteous: Divine Preservation

- While the wicked fall into their own trap, the righteous are preserved.

Proverbs 26:27 — “Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein.”

Isaiah 54:17 — “No weapon formed against thee shall prosper.”

Romans 8:31 — “If God be for us, who can be against us?”

- You will not die in the pit; you will rise to the palace!

- Prophetic Declarations:

1. Every pit dug for your life, family, or destiny shall swallow its digger in Jesus name!

2. Every evil conspiracy against you shall boomerang!

3. God will turn every trap into a testimony.

4. Where others fall, you shall rise.

5. What was meant to destroy you shall promote you!

Conclusion:

- Psalm 7:15–16 reveals the unshakable justice of God: the wicked fall into their own snares while the righteous are preserved by divine mercy.

- Stand firm in righteousness and watch God fight for you. The pit digger cannot prevail — their weapon shall backfire, and their evil shall return upon their own head.

- The pit you dig will swallow you, but the path you walk with God will sustain you.