“Abram lived in the land of Canaan, while Lot lived among the cities of the plain and pitched his tents near Sodom.”            Genesis 13:12 NIV

Lot saw the prosperity and the beauty, but he did not see that this was a place marked out for judgment; it was all to be swept away forever. You may say there was no way for Lot to know these things. This is true. Neither Lot nor Abram could foresee the death, the rottenness, the judgment that life in Sodom would bring. But the whole point of the story lies right here. Lot, presuming to run his own life, “chose for himself,” and, deceived by what he saw, stumbled blindly into heartache and judgment. Abram, on the other hand, was content to let the Lord choose for him, though it meant apparent second-best. Long before the true nature of Sodom became apparent to Lot, Abram saw it in its true light. When will we learn that the inner nature of things as they really are is only revealed to the person who lives at the foot of the Cross? It is only as we take the pilgrim character and remember we are not to have our final dwelling place here on this earth, and we hold lightly the things of earth, that the Word of God begins to unfold to us and we see something of the judgment, the moral corruptness, the deadly character of what otherwise looks so attractive and is highly regarded on every side. “Lot chose for himself.” What a descriptive term that is! As he looked out, Self said, “Ah, this will advance you, this will make you prosperous, this will give you status and position.” He chose for himself, pitched his tent toward Sodom. That is, every time he moved his tent, he moved it constantly nearer Sodom.

PRAYER THOUGHT

Lord, it’s at the foot of Your Cross that we see everything with clarity.

PRAYER FOR TODAY

Lord may we be kept at the foot of your Cross so we will see our lives and this world from Your perspective. AMEN

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