The term “besetting sin” seems to describe any sin that we may be particularly tempted to commit. The NIV calls it a “sin that so easily entangles.” Besetting sins are any sins that we just can’t seem to resist. Sins that we keep confessing to God, only to return to them over and over again.
Besetting sins can also be things like lust, greed, envy, and unforgiveness, to mention a few. Proverbs 26:11 describes it like this, “As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his foolishness.”
Besetting sins in our life can even interfere with our prayers and our very communication with God as it says in Psalm 66:18, “If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear” or Isaiah 59:2, “Your iniquities have separated you from your God; and your sins have hidden His face from you.”
So if there is a time in your life when it feels like God has abandoned you, it might be a good time to check your life for those “little foxes” or the “little repeti ...
