11 SO LOT CHOSE FOR HIMSELF THE WHOLE PLAIN OF THE JORDAN and set out towards the east. The two men parted company: Genesis 13
So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan River. Was there anything wrong with his choice? He chose the best that he could see, BUT GOD was with Abraham. We’ve already seen that the people of the plain warred against each other and Abraham had to assemble all his men and come to Lot’s rescue. Yesterday we saw that the two angels (who resembled men) came down and entered Sodom where they and Lot were threatened by angry men of the city. Before God destroyed Sodom, He Remembered Abraham (Abraham had interceded for Sodom and it’s people) and brought Lot out of the catastrophe. The people of Sodom, including Lot were unaware of Abraham’s intercession. Our estranged family and friends may never be aware of our prayers offered up on their behalf, but God hears and Remembers them.
Lot, his wife and two daughters were alienated in Sodom, the people of the place were wicked and though both women were engaged, their fiancées mocked Lot’s warning of imminent judgment. THEY STAYED IN THEIR WORLD.
14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters. He said, ‘Hurry and get out of this place, because the Lord is about to destroy the city!’ But his sons-in-law thought he was joking. (The wisdom of this world doesn’t know Spiritual Reality!) Genesis 19
The angels said there was no more time and they led Lot and his family away from Sodom before God’s judgement fell. They left with little or nothing, except what they could carry and Lot suffered a further severe loss, when his wife looked back to see the home she was leaving behind.
26 But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt. Genesis 19
31 On that day no one who is on the housetop, with possessions inside, should go down to get them. Likewise, no one in the field should go back for anything. 32 REMEMBER LOT’S WIFE! 33 Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it. Luke 17
Jesus was speaking of His return and He warned His listeners not to try and hold onto their possessions in this world when the time came. We can’t use what we have here in the Kingdom of God, it won’t transfer. We will have to decide where our true allegiance lies, here in this space/time realm or with the Lord. The children of God must never allow our hearts to be bound to the things of this world and its systems. We must owe unswerving allegiance to the Lord and escape the lure of this world. Lot’s wife was going one way with her family and her body, but her heart remained in Sodom and it cost her dearly.
Derek Prince said that the true children of God hear His voice, just as natural sheep follow the voice of the shepherd. However it’s easy for us to be attracted by other voices and stop listening to our Shepherd. He said this could be very subtle and though we may have stopped listening to the Lord, we could continue ‘going through the motions’ for a long time. That’s just religious pretence because we don’t want others to know our hearts have grown cold. Yet, Jesus warned people about what had happened to Lot’s wife at the very last moment of deliverance from the evils of Sodom.
The Lord said, REMEMBER LOT’S WIFE. Don’t try and hold on to the things of this world and walk with God, it’s not possible. Keep your heart free and continue walking on God’s path for your life in 2025 and He will be with you and help you.
May the Lord bless and keep you today. Immanuel, God is with us.