Key Verse: Verse 26 – “But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.”
Key Words: his wife looked back
The story of Lot and his wife is truly one of the sad truths we find in God’s Word.
The tale of Lot and his wife all began in Genesis 13 when the herdsmen of Lot and Abraham were at strife. So Abraham, being the gentleman he was, let Lot choose which way he and his herds and herdsmen would go; and Abraham and all of his would go in the opposite direction.
There were three steps that led Lot and Mrs. Lot to Sodom. Step One: Genesis 13:10, “They looked toward Sodom.” Step Two: Genesis 13:11, “They journeyed toward Sodom.” Step Three: Genesis 13:12, “They pitched their tent toward Sodom.”
The next time we read about Lot and his sweetheart, they had moved into Sodom. Now God warns Lot of Sodom’s impending doom, and he, his sweetheart and his daughters flee from the city. But God had warned them not to look back which Mrs. Lot did, and we all know the results of that!! You see, the problem with Lot’s wife was she had left Sodom but Sodom had never left her. The world had destroyed this pair of sweethearts.
Some years ago, musicians noted that errand boys in a certain part of London all whistled out of tune as they went about their work. It was talked about and someone suggested that it was because the bells of Westminster were slightly out of tune. Something had gone wrong with the chimes and they were discordant. The boys did not know there was anything wrong with the peals, and quite unconsciously they had copied their pitch.
So it was with Lot and his wife and so it will be with any couple who falls in love with the world. They fail to see just how out of tune they are with God.
Dr. Mike Rouse
What to do:
✞Remember, the thing that ruined mankind wasn’t the apple in the tree but the pair on the ground.
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