And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Romans 12:2 (KJV) |
As we get close to ending 2017, I would like to close this year with a topic that I feel is imperative to our walk with Christ. Especialy the days that we are living in.
Lot, nephew of Abram (Abraham) journeyed with his uncle and other family members to Egypt during the famine in Canaan. While in Egypt they gained a sizeable amount of livestock and wealth. When the famine passed they journeyed toward their homeland but with such a large group conflicts arose between the herds men of Lot and Abraham, to the extent that Abram suggested they part ways. Abraham let Lot choose which way he wanted to go and looking at the plain of the Jordan near Sodom, he saw that it was watered everywhere like the garden of the Lord. That is where Lot decided to take his people and make his home. Facing some unpleasant situations through the years, Lot and his family ended up in Sodom and the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinful against the Lord.
How is it that Lot was able to make a comfortable life in Sodom with exceedingly wicked and sinful men? So comfortable was he that he sat at the gate of Sodom with no one bothering him. I'm certain that Lot being nephew of Abraham knew the ways of the Lord just as well as Abraham did. When the men (angels) of the Lord arrived at Sodom Lot rose to meet them and bowed himself with his face to the ground, a gesture of humility. Lot must have recognized something different in these men. Lot knew what the people of Sodom would do if they found the men out on the street so he pleaded with them to stay with him. Lot made a feast and baked unleavened bread for them but before they lay down the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter: and they called out to Lot, and said unto him, where are the men which came in to thee this night? Bring them out unto us, that we may know them. Lot knew it was wrong for these men to do this, he offered his virgen daughters to them, to do with them as they wish. Lot had not had problems with the people of Sodom til this night, finally unable to overlook their ill behavior, he pleaded for them not to do anything to these men. They answered Lot by reminding him that he was a foreigner now trying to be a judge. They threaten to do worse to him than the men.
How many of us have followed a better employment or standard of living into a place where it is wicked and sinful against the Lord? How many of us have moved away from these places but the wickedness and sinfulness has infiltrated our cities. We by living our lives ignoring the wrongful deeds that are going on around us. How easy we forget that we are not of this world, how easy it is to just ignore because we are afraid of having confrontations, forgetting who our defender is. No, it is not our job to change people but it is our job to spread the gospel of Christ even if we are threaten for it, it is our job to interceed for these souls. It is our job to let the Holy Spirit work through us. It's sad to see our nation getting worse, it's sad to see how the souls are being lost and how they don't understand the word of God, it's sad to see how they live in sin and to see how they've forgotten Christ. I can say that as Lot I have gotten comfortable in Sodom. Many people make a New Year's Resolution: mine is to make it a habit of talking to one person a day about Christ. Share my testimonies with others, plant the seed of the gospel and interceed for that seed. I encorage all to do the same. Let's not comform to this world, evaluate within you. Have you made yourself comfortable in Sodom? What are you going to do to change that?
Be blessed and Happy New Year!!!
How many of us have followed a better employment or standard of living into a place where it is wicked and sinful against the Lord? How many of us have moved away from these places but the wickedness and sinfulness has infiltrated our cities. We by living our lives ignoring the wrongful deeds that are going on around us. How easy we forget that we are not of this world, how easy it is to just ignore because we are afraid of having confrontations, forgetting who our defender is. No, it is not our job to change people but it is our job to spread the gospel of Christ even if we are threaten for it, it is our job to interceed for these souls. It is our job to let the Holy Spirit work through us. It's sad to see our nation getting worse, it's sad to see how the souls are being lost and how they don't understand the word of God, it's sad to see how they live in sin and to see how they've forgotten Christ. I can say that as Lot I have gotten comfortable in Sodom. Many people make a New Year's Resolution: mine is to make it a habit of talking to one person a day about Christ. Share my testimonies with others, plant the seed of the gospel and interceed for that seed. I encorage all to do the same. Let's not comform to this world, evaluate within you. Have you made yourself comfortable in Sodom? What are you going to do to change that?
Be blessed and Happy New Year!!!
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