Our ladies study book just had a chapter on "Lot's Wife" for us study.
She had no name....just "Lot's Wife".
The story of Sodom and Gomorrah is a tragic one.
In brief God could find no righteous person in Sodom and was going to destroy the city with fire.
Abraham pleaded on behalf of his nephew Lot...
So two angels went to the city to get Lot and his family out. His sons-in-law refused to leave.
The two angels basically grabbed Lot's hand and dragged him from the city...with wife and two daughters in tow.
You can read the fill account here.
God had said "flee and do not turn back"
📖 As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, “Flee for your lives! Don’t look back, and don’t stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains or you will be swept away!” Genesis 19:17
Now it doesn't say why she turned back; regret for having to leave? fear? sadness over the loss? Desire to go back? But obviously the reason doesn't matter...what matters is obedience and our focus. Because
📖 But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt. Genesis 19:26
To me the lesson is we are to always keep our eyes forward ...Christ has us by the hand pulling us to Him, to what He has for us. Looking back we see what we needed to be distanced from, we see pain, suffering..the things we can not change.
God intends our focus to be on Him and Him alone. If He wants to use our past for lessons, for good even...He can only do that IF we are focused on Him....not on what we have walked away from.
Another thing that stands out to me with Lot's Wife..is she was turned into a pillar of salt. If you have ever seen a block of salt, not of granite or marble or even lead...it eventually washes away...in the rain, animals licking it etc...it does not stand the test of time.
She wasn't even going to remain a monument of warning.
Her legacy is a cautionary one...do not set your heart and eyes on the past. We can carry fond memories with us....but let God bring the lessons forward as we focus on HIM...There is no need to look back.
📖 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God Hebrew 12:2
You know who is behind you?...whispering over your shoulder...."oh come on..look..this was far better than where you are going" or "You can't get away from this, look you made these choices and you can not change your direction." "You don't deserve to go that way, look back, here is where you belong."
📖 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 1Peter 5:8
DON'T listen, don't look back...
📖 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Matthew 6:33
🙏 praying today your eyes are fixed on Jesus and not on the things behind you❤
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