Good day.
Today, I'll be writing about Lot and his family. The
story is found in various chapters of the book of Genesis.
The first time Lot's name was recorded, he followed his
grandpa, Terah, his uncle Abraham, aunt Sarah and others. His father, Haran,
died while they were back at Ur and somehow, he was left in Abraham's care.
While he remained with Abraham, he fluorished. Infact, he became so successful
that his servants started fighting Abraham's servants.
Abraham decided that they had to part ways and he asked
Lot to choose first. Lot greedily chose the plain of Jordan because it was
well-watered. He did not know that the cup of Sodom and Gomorrah would soon be
full...He chose based on what he could see. I have heard of pastors who have
used this to teach against people leaving THEIR church...It is a misapplication
of this portion of the scriptures. Nothing in the story corroborates such lies.
However, I'll like to say that if you're changing churches, make sure that it
is the Lord, not your flesh that is leading you.
Making choices based on what we can perceive with our
natural senses ONLY is a sure recipe for disaster. Ask the Holy Spirit about
the issue and He'll give you supernatural insight.
Lot pitched his
tent towards Sodom but the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord
exceedingly. After he left, God still willed the portion he chose to Abraham...
First, an invading army captured Lot and his goods. It
was Abraham that came with men trained in his household to rescue him. It still
didn't occur to Lot that his journey to the plains of Jordan wasn't working out
as he thought it would. Sometimes, the battles we're dealing with are because
we are in the wrong place. Somebody needs to go and apologize to that person
whose help/sacrifices you have belittled.
Abraham rescued Lot, his goods, the women also and the
people. Lot returned to Sodom. He lived with them for more than ten years,
probably did business with them all the while and impacted NONE of them. God
and Abraham agreed that if there were 10 righteous people in the land, He would
not destroy the land. Amazingly, only 3 "righteous" people (Lot and
his 2 daughters) left the land alive. Lot's wife didn't even make it alive; she
ended up as a pillar of salt.
Lot didn't even minister to his wife...We also realise
that Lot had got so used to compromising that instead of standing for truth and
justice. He was willing to give his daughters to be raped instead of offering
strangers that he took under his roof. He called the sin of homosexuality by
its proper name - Wickedness- but I'm not sure I would have followed him
ANYWHERE if I was his wife or daughter...He would have given his daughters to
ALL the men of the city to do unto them "as is good in their eyes"?
Seriously?
Thank God the angels smote the men with blindness. Even
Lot's sons-in-law were part of the men that wanted to sodomize other men. And
Lot's word didn't mean much to them! I'm amazed that God still considered Lot
righteous, though...Lot still lingered in the city; the angels had to take him
by the hand out of the city...I know it's not easy to leave a place one has
"settled" in but if God specifically told you to leave that place;
that is the way to go...
It is obvious that Lot's righteousness did not rub off on
his daughters. Incest meant nothing to them. They eventually gave birth to Moab
and Ben-Ammi, the fathers of the Moabites and the Ammonites...We know the
trouble these people gave Israel...
It will interest you to know that Abraham also looked at
what Lot's wife looked at and did not turn into a pillar of salt...Sometimes,
it's not so much about what we do as it is about why we do them...
2 Peter 2: 7-8 tell us how God delivered Lot, a righteous
man, who was vexed from day-to-day by the depraved conduct of the lawless.
Unfortunately, Lot's righteousness could not preserve his possessions, did not
prevent his wife from becoming a pillar of salt or stop his daughters from
successful executing their incestuous plans...
Brethren, just staying righteous in your corner isn't
enough. You need to do something about the evil in your land. Ask the Lord to
show you how you can partner with Him to oppose the advancement of evil in your
sphere of contact.
May the Lord help us all as we stand up and join the army
of the Lord. Enjoy your day.
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