“Lot looked around and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan toward Zoar was well watered, like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)”        Genesis 13:10 NIV

Evidently Lot and Abram went out on a ledge overlooking the valley and Lot lifted his eyes. What did he see? It is obvious he only looked in one direction. He had been out looking around before! Without hesitation now, he looked to the east and saw the well-watered plain below like the garden of the Lord in the midst of the desert. He saw the Jordan River cutting through its great gorge, the deepest point on the face of the earth. On either side of the Jordan, the lush green grass was growing, and the variety of palm trees made the whole place a veritable garden, and he was greatly attracted to it. Then he saw the cities of the plain. They were like Egypt! Lot remembered Egypt well as a place where one could get rich quick, with its vast commercial enterprises and its blind materialism. This is what Lot saw as he looked across the valley. The Jordan valley was there before his eyes. He did not see the river descending out of the living waters of Galilee, dropping far below sea level into the Dead Sea, from which there is no outlet. Outwardly it was fair to look upon, spiritually it meant the place of death. All Lot saw was the profitableness of these cities, but he did not see their moral corruption. Moral corruptness has permeated our social life and is one of the consequences we must take into consideration as we face the choices of life. This Lot failed to do.

PRAYER THOUGHT

Open our eyes Lord, to the implications of the choices we make.

PRAYER FOR TODAY

Lord, as we face the many choices we have each day of our lives, open our eyes, through Your Holy Spirit to the implications of our choices. AMEN

INTERNATIONAL BIBLE READING ASSOCIATION (IBRA)

Ezekiel 12:1-7

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