Remember Lot's Wife

Bible Reading:  Luke 17:22-32

Key Verse: Verse 32 - “Remember Lot's wife.”

Key Words: Remember Lot’s wife 

The mention of Lot’s wife takes us back to Genesis 19 where we find Sodom a picture of the world in the last days – full of sin and love for materialism.

Lot’s wife had such a love for Sodom that she looked back, even after being told not to.  I often tell people that Lot’s wife had left Sodom, but Sodom never left Lot’s wife.

You see, when a person loves earthly things so much that he can’t get along without them, he opens himself to much suffering, both physical and mental.  Some people, for example, have taken foolish risks to keep their riches intact.  They have died rushing into burning houses or were killed because they stubbornly resisted armed robbers.  Apparently they felt that without their material possessions life would not be worthwhile.

Others, when forced to part with their wealth, have been thrown into agonizing despair, even to the point of suicide.  In 1975, six armed gunmen broke into the deposit boxes in a London bank and stole valuables worth more than $7 million.  One lady, whose jewelry was appraised at $500,000, wailed, “Everything I had was in there.  My whole life was in that box.”  What a sad commentary on her values!

So I challenge you in these last days to leave the Sodom of this materialistic, sinful world behind, and remember – don’t look back!

                                                                                    Dr. Mike Rouse

What to do:

      ✞It’s not only important to leave Sodom, but Sodom must leave you.