Dave spoke tonight from Luke 17:30-32, where Jesus told the people to ‘remember Lot’s wife’ Lot and his family lived in Sodom, a wicked city, and God sent messengers to rescue Lot from that place. They told them to flee and not look back, but Lot’s wife did indeed look back and was turned to a pillar of salt.
What can we learn from such a bizarre story? We don’t know why Lot (Abraham’s nephew) was living in Sodom in the first place, whether he met his wife there or chose to live there despite its reputation. It is clear by this time that the influence of the godly Abraham on his life was waning and it’s possible that Lot was out of touch with God. God, however, was not out of touch with Lot and sent angelic messengers to help him. We need to remember the words of prophecy God has spoken to us and take heed of them.
Lot appeared to want to negotiate with the messengers and his wife was tempted to abandon where God was leading them, looking back. Looking back can be very dangerous. We can view the past with rose-tinted glasses, but need to understand that God wants us to move forward. We don’t hear much more about Lot in the Bible after this and we don’t know if he followed God’s plan for his life. What we need to consider is that when God moves, will we move with Him?
