So it came to pass, when they had brought them outside, that he said, “Escape for your life! Do not look behind you nor stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be destroyed.” Genesis 19:17
Tuesday? Yes, I'm sneaking one in on you. Usually our Bible study group meets early this morning, but this year for the first time since I joined in 2013 our group has struggled to gather for the past couple of months. It is a season of vacations, illness (mine), internet outages, and some goofing off that has prevented our study at times. This sort of thing is not unusual except in the concentration of the challenges we have faced as a group. Now, as we are going about our usual life, imagine that two angels show up and issue the words shown in our verse for today.
Escape? From what? If one believes the words, then he will hot foot toward the nearest mountains as commanded. If one happens to be named Lot, then he might try to cut a deal even as angels are warning of impending destruction. And Lot did. Lot claims in his dealing that he cannot escape to the mountains lest some evil overtake him and he dies. Which is a bit humorous in that just a few verses later, Lot leaves Zoar, because he was afraid to stay there, and goes up into the mountains to live. From the story it is easy to see that Lot dealt in fear, the same way many of us live today.
Trust in the Lord Jesus, let His love drive out your fear,
Bucky
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