Genesis 19:17–20 26 30 (ESV) — 17 And as they brought them out, one said, “Escape for
your life. Do not look back or stop anywhere in the valley. Escape to the
hills, lest you be swept away.” 18 And Lot said to
them, “Oh, no, my lords. 19 Behold, your servant has found favor in your sight,
and you have shown me great kindness in saving my life. But I cannot escape to
the hills, lest the disaster overtake me and I die. 20 Behold, this city is near enough to flee to, and it is a little one.
Let me escape there—is it not a little one?—and my life will be saved!” … 26 But Lot’s wife, behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of
salt.
… 30 Now Lot went up out of Zoar and lived in the hills with his two
daughters, for he was afraid to live in Zoar. So he lived in a cave with his
two daughters.
NOTE: Wow, Lot just
does not listen. The Angels tell him to go to the hills, but he always has a
different answer. When Abraham told him to choose right or left (meaning north
or south) of the land of promise, he chose east, out of the land. In this case,
after arguing to go to Zoar, he ends up in the hills anyway. The angels tell
them not to look back, but his wife looks back. For a "righteous"
man, he is passive aggressive in his faith. Rather than saying "yes Lord,
I will do it," he is always saying, "yes, Lord, but no, I will do it
my way." What a wasted life because of his stubborn refusal to listen to
God. He is a tremendous contrast to Abraham, who immediately, on the day he is
told, circumcises all the males of his household. Faith isn't believing God to
get your own way; Faith is obeying God to do his will.
PRAYER: Father,
protect me from "doing it my way." I want to be obedient to your
commands, not my watered-down version of your command.
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