All the plain of Jordan

“And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.”

We hear how important it is to have a dominant mind and to be in control of your own destiny. In fact, the people who seem to do best in the church today are those who are best at self promotion. In this case, Abraham was not interested in self promotion and he did not display a dominant mind. He was the senior member of this clan but he gave Lot the choice. Lot was seduced by the riches of Sodom and Gomorrah and went in that direction. This reminds us of Psalm 1: 1, “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.” At first Lot walked towards the ungodly in Sodom and Gomorrah and then he went a lived in Sodom so he was standing with those sinners and then he sat down at the gate that is in the seat of the scornful. After he did all these things he was caught up in Sodom and was almost destroyed when these towns were destroyed. He was only saved by God’s gracious intervention. On the other hand, we see from Abraham’s life that he delight was in the law of the Lord and he was fruitful and prospered. To this day we only hear of Lot as part of Abraham’s story but Abraham is a hero to about half of the world’s population. In his lifetime he was willing to trust God and he made the right choice.

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(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)