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The cities of Sodom and Gomorrah became so incredibly wicked that the Lord decided to destroy them with fire. Lot, who lived just outside of Sodom, was warned about it by an angel beforehand who said, “Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters . . . lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.”
We could understand this as a command to physically leave the city and avoid having their bodies consumed by the coming fire. But we could also understand it on a more spiritual level. If Lot insisted on staying close to Sodom, being surrounded by wickedness, he would become spiritually consumed by the city’s wickedness. In fact, this might already have been happening to Lot.
The famous poet, Alexander Pope, explained how easy it is to move along the spectrum from tolerating sin to eventually committing it ourselves. He said, “Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, as to be hated needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, we first endure, then pity, then embrace.”
Lot was in danger of becoming so familiar with the sins of Sodom that he would first endure them, then pity them, then embrace them. And we are too! We are constantly surrounded by evil, but unlike Lot, there is no place we can go to escape it: temptation is everywhere. So what are we doing to avoid the slippery slope of familiarity with sin leading to embracing it? We have to be constantly on our guard so that we, like Lot, won’t “be consumed in the iniquity” of the world.
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When Abraham’s wife Sarah overheard three holy men tell her husband she would have a baby, she laughed. Laughed!
You see, Sarah had been praying for a baby for decades. She had prayed and wept and begged God for the blessing of a child, but no child had come. Finally, Sarah was in her old age–a grandma’s age, if you will. And to hear someone say that NOW she was supposed to have a baby after all of this time? It seemed impossible!
But the Lord asked Abraham, “Is anything too hard for the Lord?” The answer for Abraham and Sarah was a resounding, “no!” God DID make it possible for a woman nearing the end of her life to have a baby. And He can make it possible for you and me to do anything He requires of us.
Is there a commandment that feels impossible to keep? We can remember that nothing is too hard for the Lord to help us do! Is there someone we think we can’t forgive? Nothing is too hard for the Lord!
The next time you and I feel that what God asks of us can’t be done, we can remember that if we team ourselves up with the Lord, nothing that is good is impossible.
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Listen to Big Picture to get the quick context for this week’s reading, Genesis 18-23!
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Remember earlier this week when Abraham told Lot to choose whatever land he wanted, and Abraham would take what was left?
Well, even though Lot had first pick he made a really bad choice. He chose to build his home on beautiful, wonderful, fertile land . . . right next to the sin-laden city of Sodom. Genesis 13:12 says that when Lot moved in he “. . . pitched his tent toward Sodom,” getting the best view he could of that spiritually filthy city. Hmmmmm. . . .
Meanwhile, Abraham settled elsewhere in the land of Canaan, farther from Sodom, and in verse 18, it tells us that he “built there an altar unto the Lord.”
Now let’s consider this together. The first thing Lot did when he moved in was to get the best view possible of a sinful city; Abraham ensured that the first thing he did was worship the Lord.
Based on those two actions it’s easy to see what their priorities were.
But what about us?
When we wake up in the morning, are we quick to grab our phones and check social media or sports scores? Or do we start the day with a prayer to our Father? Do we prioritize our time in the scriptures, or are we too busy binge-watching our new favorite show?
As we continue to learn about Lot and Abraham, their stories will show us that what we put first in our lives will have a powerful impact on who we become and how peaceful our lives are.
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I heard this advice a long time ago, and it’s since been a favorite of mine– to pray before I read the scriptures each time! But I slowly discovered that something else was missing, too.
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As I’ve studied the life of Abraham I’ve discovered something about him: he’s pretty darn cool.
One example is when he was travelling in the wilderness with his nephew Lot. Both of the men were pretty wealthy: they had large flocks of animals and lots of servants. So when these two men tried to settle down next to each other, it just didn’t work. The land couldn’t possibly support all of those animals and people in one place.
Now at this point some fighting started between Abraham’s and Lot’s herdsmen, anxious to take care of their animals but without enough space to do so. And this is the part of the story where
Abraham really shows what he’s made of. Instead of pulling the “I’m older and more important card” as many an older sibling or cousin has done, Abraham says to Lot, “Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee. . . Is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.”
In other words, Abraham said, “Possessions don’t matter to me nearly as much as our relationship does. You choose where you want to settle first, and I’ll take whatever is left.” He’s awesome right? And his example also teaches us an important lesson: people are always, always, always more important than things.
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I want you to think of one of your favorite gospel teachers, either past or present, that you’ve ever had. What did they have in common? Let’s learn from Abraham’s example today! Get our 365-day Old Testament daily devotional book: https://amzn.to/3nYC821
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Sometime after the Tower of Babel debacle, a baby boy was born in the land of Ur. Unlike all the other babies born in Ur at this time, this one would change the world. This baby boy was the future prophet, Abraham.
Abraham grew up in a home that left much to be desired; in fact his dad tried to sacrifice him to pagan gods– yikes! Abraham made the wise choice to move away from home.
Abraham describes the reason for this decision not as an effort to run away from anything, but as an effort to run TO God. In Abraham 1:2 he said, “. . . finding there was greater happiness and peace and rest for me, I sought for the blessings of the fathers . . ."
Don’t you love that? Abraham was anxious to enjoy three great blessings of following Jesus: happiness, peace, and rest.
Often I think we’re guilty of looking at the gospel as a never-ending “to do” list: I have to read my scriptures, I have to pray, I have to go to church, I have to do service. But Abraham saw far beyond all of those “have-tos” and “shoulds” and instead focused on the blessings the gospel brings: peace, happiness, rest.
So today is a great day to consider this question: What would my life be WITHOUT the gospel? My guess is that as we ponder on this, we’ll realize that the gospel has brought countless blessing that make all the “have-tos” and should dos” more than worth it!
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