Who was Lot’s wife that we should remember her?
Lot and his family lived in the city of Sodom… The LORD was going to judge Sodom for sexual perversion and warned Lot to take his family out of the city and flee to the mountains and not look back. Two angels from the LORD took Lot and his family by the hand and brought them out of the city. Genesis 19:1-22
Lot’s wife was told to flee but she looked back to the life she really liked. She didn’t want to leave… and the LORD’S judgment on Sodom involved her too… because she slowed down to look back and she did not listen to wise advice. She lost her life. Genesis 19:23-26
Remember Lot’s wife… She looked back on her life and wanted the old ways. She did not listen and follow the LORD’S instructions which would have saved her life.
Do we do that very thing? Looking back to the past and mourn what we did have? Or desire greatly what could have been?
Remember Lot’s wife… are we like this foolish woman? Do we shut our ears to the LORD’S words and warning to us?
What do you need to let go of… in order to follow Jesus and His words to you?
~ Take it to heart ~
To follow Jesus, is to look forward and live by faith in Him and His leading.
Luke 9:23 (NASB) “… ‘If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me.”
Romans 1:17 (NIV) “For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: ‘The righteous will live by faith.’”
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Remember Lot’s Wife
Live by faith in the living God.