'God Remembered Abraham!'
Genesis 19:29.
a) So it was that
b) When God destroyed
c) The cities of the valley,
d) God remembered Abraham
e) God sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow
f) When He overthrew the cities
g) In which Lot had lived.
(This QT is a reminder of the Faithfulness of God...God Remembered Abraham)
PRAYER: Thank God for His Mercy day-by-day.
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'Our Lord Jesus.'
Hebrews 13:20.
a) The God of Peace brought Him again from the dead. Acts 2:24: It was impossible that death should hold Him prisoner.
b) He is the Great Shepherd of the sheep.
c) He shed His Blood of the Eternal Covenant.
(Through this Second one I am so grateful to God for Our Lord Jesus)
PRAYER: Thank God for our Lord Jesus and pray for more people to come to know Him as their Lord and Savior.
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Chris.
There is a wonderful example here of God's Compassion. For the sake of Abraham, and His Promises to Abraham, God had Mercy on Lot. Compassion and Mercy are two of the many great attributes of God. Our calling is to Believe the Word of God! If we do not Believe the Word of God, we will continually live in a spiritual desert or a fantasy "wonderland". God sent Lot out of Sodom and Gomorrah in order to save his life. Here was Lot's weakness and insecurity, even though these cities were on God's demolition list, Lot wanted to stay there. It was his "home town". No one wants to leave any home unless it is for a clear purpose.
There are some people who miss God's best plan for their lives because they are so comfortable or 'attached' to their home town, the place where they have settled and lived for a number of years, or deeply committed to their local Church. Even though God is speaking to them, they 'cannot bear' the thought of moving. If it is God's Will for us to move, even though we may hesitate, God will make it clear and confirm the matter to us.
We have much more to consider about 'moving' than Lot did, our home, our furniture, our future life in a new abode, school for the children, our parents who may live with us now, the list goes on and on! Even our work and ministry may be affected. (Sometimes work and ministry call us to move!)
If our Compassionate God is calling us to move it will be for a purpose, it could be a new job or ministry, it could even be to get our family out of a difficult situation and to give us a new start in life, or it could simply be to reward us with a lovely place to live in for the latter stages of our life.
From this QT we can see that God is concerned and interested about practical things in our lives, not just the 'spiritual' things!
