A bad habit

“And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.”

Lot had just been through the most terrible experience in his life. In fact, the experience destroyed Lot and his family. However, life continued as though nothing had happened for the rest of the world. Even Abraham, who had worked hard to save him from destruction, had to keep his life going as well. This is one of the hard consequences of sin in the world. Everyone is primarily focussed on themselves. Even when other people suffer extreme circumstances and excruciating pain, emotional, physical or spiritual, the rest of the world are focussed on their own lives and don’t have the time to share our pain with us. Abraham had developed a bad habit and he continued with that even though Lot was experiencing severe problems. In Gen 12: 13 we saw that Abram asked Sarai to pretend she was his sister because he was afraid. He did the same thing again even though his previous experience should have taught. In the end, however, Abraham was remembered as a great hero of faith because he believed in the Lord (Gen 15: 6). The same is true today. If we believe in the Lord Jesus Christ we have everlasting life even though we may have some bad habits. However, bad habits have bad consequences and have a ripple effect on our community causing pain to ourselves and those we love.

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