What can I say? This is a very disturbing portion of scripture. I said that I wouldn’t gloss over the bad stuff, so I’m not. It’s a tragic sin that ultimately was the result of wrong choices. Lot chose to live in the city of Sodom. He took the easy way, the greener grass and the prosperous city. But apparently, he did not take the time to teach his daughters just how sinful the culture of the Sodom was. He did not teach them that the actions of the people of Sodom was sin the eyes of God. And that God hated sin. Sin brings trouble and has consequences that can only bring sorrow and pain; not only to the ones who have sinned but it will affect generations to come. Only God can take a tragedy and make something good out of it.
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Let’s Make a Deal
Bargaining with God is pretty risky. But God was patient with Abraham. God showed him that asking for anything is allowed. We may not always get what we ask for but we can ask knowing that answers come from God’s perspective and not ours. We often don’t even see God’s answer to our prayers because what we get is not what we expected. Sometimes we don’t realize what we are asking for. And then sometimes, God does give us what we ask for, much to our regret
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DON’T FORGET YOU HAD HELP
King Kedorlaomer and his allies sacked the cities and took everything. Food, clothing, livestock and captured all of the people in those cities. One of the captives was Lot, the nephew of Abram, who was living in Sodom. Abram did not have to go after Lot. He could have just left him enslaved. It would have been easier and safer to just stay out of it. But he didn’t. It took courage to go up against the forces of these four kings. He took 318 men to go after them.
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THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER
Abram realized they had too many livestock for the land to support. He also anticipated that if they stayed in the same area, there were likely to be disputes among the herdsmen over grass and water. Not only were their livestock in the area but livestock of other people were there too. There were too many for the land to support without disputes. So, Abram decided to prevent any disputes by separating. Abram, even though as the elder should have had the first choice, he gave that choice to Lot. He told Lot that he could go to the left or the right and he would go the other direction.
