Genesis 17
…16But when Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters. And they led them safely out of the city, because of the LORD’s compassion for them. 17 As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!” 18But Lot replied, “No, my lords, please!…
The angel of the Lord had given Lot specific instructions from the Lord and told them and that was for his entire families, but his son-in-law's did not take heed and were destroyed. The men grabbed Lot's hand, the hands of his wife and his two daughters and LED THEM TO SAFETY OUT OF THE CITY, because of the Lord's compassion of them and then told them to RUN FOR YOUR LIVES and do not look back!!!
How well would we follow instructions today? The bible have already warned us about the coming wrath, but are we taking heed? Do we have a safety net in the Lord? Are our families secure?
But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. Genesis 19:26
Lot's wife did the very thing that the messengers said not to do as being interested in going on behind her became more interesting. A burning city full of disobedient people became more appealing to her than running to safety out of harm's way. The Lord had compassion on them enough to warn them and have them be escorted out of the city before destruction happened, but yet Lot's wife must have thought that what the messengers had told them was really bogus and that she could look back after-all. How many of us are looking longingly back at what God is telling us to flee from in attempts to find it more appealing than moving on with God? Run and look back was not a religious jargon or a religious statement that was to be just shouted and danced around on. It was to be really ACTED on. It wasn't a suggestion, it was a COMMAND and Lot's wife had to find out the hard way that when God gives a command, he means exactly what he says and there's no religious entertainment and gestures that would excuse it if we don't do what he says for our own good and the good of our families. God expect us to obey him. There is a storm brewing and God, in his compassion, is giving his bride the opportunity to escape and don't look back. Where will you be found? Covid-19 has already revealed to us that God leaves no stone un-turned. He expects his people to fear him and obey him.
God gave specific instructions, yet Lot's wife didn't obey them and in turn was frozen solid with her head turned toward what was left of Sodom and Gomorrah.
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