Compromised Life

Today's Verse

Genesis 19:29 (NKJV)

And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot had dwelt.

Read: Genesis 19

Thoughts

Living a compromised Christian life always comes with a cost. Lot lost everything, including his wife, when God destroyed and burned Sodom and Gomorrah , and ending up with dysfunctional family. It started in Lot’s life meddling around in Egypt , when he and Abram “went down” to Egypt during the famine in Canaan . Egypt is a picture of worldly living.

When Abram and Lot parted ways after leaving Egypt , Lot lifted his eyes and saw the plains of Jordan and looked like Egypt ! So he decided to stay in the plains, and then in Sodom . But then, God decided to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah because of the extreme wickedness of the people.

We read that Lot even hesitated to leave Sodom . Except that the angels grabbed them out of Sodom by force. His wife longing for Sodom looked back and turned into pillar of salt, as the angels warned them earlier not to look back. Eventually, Lot and his daughters decided to live on the mountains. And there, incestuous relationship with his two daughters happened with the help of wine. Their offsprings of Moabites and Ammonites became fierce enemies of Israel.

When we chose to live a compromised life, one thing leads to another, and another, and so on. And when we stir the pool of sin, there are ripples and repercussions that we need to bear. Compromising starts with little things, grows to bigger things, we rationalize things, until our reasoning becomes desensitized, like what happened to Lot . Taking one small step at a time, until he was trapped into worldly living, and then destruction came.

Prayer

Dear Lord Heavenly Father, we always fumble and stumble as a result of our foolishnessyou’re your mercy nd grace, help us to stand up, cope up, follow You, and restore our fellowship with You. In Jesus Name, Amen.

Zum Gott der Ruhm sein !
(To God be the glory! In German)