Lasting Decisions
Genesis 19: 30 Then Lot went up out of Zoar and dwelt
in the mountains, and his two daughters were with him; for he was afraid to
dwell in Zoar. And he and his two daughters dwelt in a cave. 31 Now
the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old,
and there is no man on the earth to come in to us as is
the custom of all the earth. 32 Come, let us make
our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve
the lineage of our father.” 33 So they made
their father drink wine that night. And the firstborn went in and lay with her
father, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.
34 It happened on the next day that
the firstborn said to the younger, “Indeed I lay with my father last night; let
us make him drink wine tonight also, and you go in and lie
with him, that we may preserve the lineage of our father.” 35 Then
they made their father drink wine that night also. And the younger arose and
lay with him, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.
36 Thus both the daughters of Lot
were with child by their father. 37 The firstborn
bore a son and called his name Moab; he is the father of
the Moabites to this day. 38 And the younger, she
also bore a son and called his name Ben-Ammi; he is the
father of the people of Ammon to this day.
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Not having much time to think, Lot asked the angels if he
could escape to a small, insignificant suburb of Sodom and Gomorrah. JESUS and
the Angels told Abraham they would destroy Sodom because the people were deeply
involved in sin. Lot, his wife and daughters were taken out of the city. Lot’s
wife looked back, longingly, during the destruction and turned into a pillar of
salt.
Everything happened so fast! There was no time to think. When
Lot and his daughters arrived in the town he named Zoar, he realized that the
people there would be against him, just like he feared the people in the
mountains would. He left Zoar and fled to the mountains, just like the angels
told him.
My Observations:
- Lot’s short-term decisions seemed to be disastrous.
- Lot chose to go to Sodom, knowing how evil the people were.
- Lot fled in fear to the mountains with his daughters and they followed in his footsteps of decision making.
Raised as Sodomites, Lot’s daughters devised a plan to get
what they wanted without thinking of GOD. This had been the issue with Cain,
Canaan and many others who saw GOD as a problem versus an answer. Because of
this decision to get Lot drunk and have a child by him, the Moabites and the
Ammonites would be born.
Something drove Lot’s decision making. When he chose Sodom,
he saw something that looked like success and was willing to overlook evil to obtain
it. Same with Lot’s daughters. They were willing to get what they wanted,
overlooking anything that would go against GOD’s desires. They cared deeply about their father. They
obeyed by not looking back and followed him into the mountain. They thought
they were doing right by have a child by him. GOD gave this history to Moses.
Challenge
- Why does GOD mention what happened to Lot and his daughters to Moses?
- Have you ever thought about doing something that would please yourself short-term without considering if GOD wants you to do that thing?
- Will you place your short-term thinking before GOD and accept HIS long term answer?
