There are times whenever it’s right to sit and be still. Selah
18 The Lord appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre WHILE HE WAS SITTING at the entrance to his tent (Personal Space) IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY. 2 Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and BOWED LOW to the ground. Genesis 18
19 The two angels arrived at Sodom IN THE EVENING, and Lot WAS SITTING IN THE GATEWAY OF THE CITY (Public Space). When he saw them, he got up to meet them and BOWED DOWN with his face to the ground. 2 ‘My lords,’ he said, ‘please turn aside to your servant’s house. You can wash your feet and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning.’ Genesis 19
Abraham was in his tent, probably sheltering from the heat, when he looked up and saw three figures. The Lord and the two angels came to visit him while he was sitting in his tent. He wasn’t busy with the livestock or giving orders to his servants, he was sitting or resting, out of the heat when they came to him. The Lord gave Abraham and Sarah, a personal revelation about their future, they would have a son of their own and Sarah laughed. (His Name Isaac means laughter) So they were sitting together in their tent and the Lord met with them and spoke personally to them.
The chapter continues with the Lord revealing to Abraham His concerns about all that was going on in Sodom and Gomorrah.
20 Then the Lord said, ‘The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous 21 that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know.’ Genesis 18
The Lord came down to see first hand what was going on there before He judged.
Lot, Abraham’s nephew, was Sitting at the Gate of Sodom when the two angels arrived in the evening. Like his uncle, he also ‘bowed down with his face to the ground’ as he spoke to them. Lot also offered hospitality to the two visitors, insisting they stayed in his house.
Lot sat in the entrance to the city and the visitors spoke with him there as the daylight began to fade. They told him that God was sending judgement on both cities, but they helped him and his family a chance to flee. The two betrothed son-in-laws laughed at Lot when he told them what had been decreed for their home cities and perished when judgement fell in them.
Both Abraham and Lot were sitting, being still, when the Lord came to speak with them. Abraham with his wife Sarah in the tent during the heat of day and Lot at the city gate, during evening time. Both offered hospitality to the strangers and were blessed through that.
13 1-2 Stay on good terms with each other, held together by love. Be ready with a meal or a bed when it’s needed. Why, some have extended hospitality to angels without ever knowing it! MSG
Waiting Time is never lost Time, nor is the Good we do for others.
God bless and keep you today.