{"id":394,"date":"2017-02-21T14:48:14","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T19:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=394"},"modified":"2021-05-05T14:27:25","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T19:27:25","slug":"remember-lots-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/21\/remember-lots-wife\/","title":{"rendered":"Remember Lot\u2019s Wife"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This morning I asked the Lord what he wanted me to write about but I wasn\u2019t hearing anything. So I thought well, maybe he won\u2019t give me anything today. Then I heard the words, \u201cRemember Lot\u2019s Wife.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n
I went to my bible study and Priscilla Shirer \u00a0\"\"\u00a0Gideon Bible Study. She<\/h6>\n
talked about Sodom and Gomorrah. Then as the ladies at my table began to share, this one lady talked about how fear and anxiety paralyzes her. And the words that the Holy Spirit had spoken to me came flooding back. \u201cRemember Lot\u2019s wife.\u201d<\/em> So I shared with them what God had given me this morning.<\/h6>\n
I came home and I was going to look up the passage when I saw a Blogger post I had written in 2015. It was a poem titled, \u201cRemember Lot\u2019s Wife, Don’t Look Back.\u201d<\/em> So you know what I\u2019m going to do? I\u2019m going to write about, \u201cRemember Lot\u2019s Wife.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n
Genesis 19:26 AMP Bible <\/em><\/strong>– But Lot\u2019s wife, from behind him, [foolishly, longingly] looked [back toward Sodom in an act of disobedience], and she became a pillar of salt.<\/em><\/h6>\n
You\u2019ve been delivered, set free from bondage. You\u2019ve been blessed with goodness and mercy. You are loved and cared for. You have provision for your living; a good home and plenty of food to eat. Your finances are met.\u00a0A warning comes that you must leave in an instant. The place where you live has been judged and will be destroyed. You must leave with your husband and step-daughters. Now!<\/h6>\n
Why would you question? Why would you want to stay in a place that is so vile and evil? It is so evil that the men in your village want to seduce the holy messengers that have come to warn you to leave the place.<\/h6>\n
But my home, my things, I was born here, and have lived here all my life. Why do I have to leave? Why? <\/em>These could have been the thoughts of\u00a0Lot\u2019s wife\u2019s. She was not of Lot\u2019s, tribe. But being married to him she came under his protection. She didn\u2019t realize the danger she was in. Sodom and Gomorrah were to be totally destroyed that very night. Lot was spared because of Abraham’s petition to the Lord. People are praying for us all the time. Praise God.<\/h6>\n
Sometimes we don\u2019t even see the danger even when it is pointed out to us. We are so used to the life around us we can\u2019t see the evil. We can\u2019t see just how vile and disgusting it has become. We get used to the smell of the cesspool<\/em> and it doesn\u2019t stink anymore.<\/h6>\n
But God does not play games\u2026He will not be mocked. He does have His limit. Yes His mercy is from everlasting to everlasting\u2026but He has said, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy and compassion on whom I will have compassion. Romans 9:15<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n
Surely you won\u2019t die\u2026was the serpents words to Eve in the garden.<\/em> But she did.<\/h6>\n
Go and do not look back , if you do, you will die.<\/em> Said the Lord! Lot\u2019s wife looked back and she was turned to a pillar of salt instantly\u2026why\u2026she did what God said not to do\u2026that is disobedience.<\/h6>\n
How many times have we played on God\u2019s mercy? How many times have we not believed what He said? How many times have we looked back to a life that even though it was horrible and disgusting, it was familiar? It was home and we long for it. Even though God has said, \u201cDo not look back or you will die.\u201d<\/h6>\n
Oh we don\u2019t die instantly or turn into a pillar of salt and least not physically. But I\u2019ve learned recently that looking back at my past life brings fear, condemnation, regret, longing for those who are not even on this earth anymore and it causes a lot of heart-ache and pain.<\/h6>\n
It was no mistake this morning when God spoke to my heart and said, \u201cRemember Lot\u2019s wife.<\/em>\u201d He knows my heart and how lonely I get missing my family. And while there is nothing wrong with remembering where he\u2019s brought us from and transformed us into His likeness. It is wrong to dwell on sins that God has wiped away. Disobedience brings death every time. Thoughts may come but dismiss them quickly. God does not lie.<\/h6>\n
God is trying to tell us to keep our minds, hearts and eyes on Jesus where we will receive life and truth and goodness and mercy.<\/h6>\n
Remember Lot\u2019s wife\u2026don\u2019t do what she did\u2026<\/h6>\n
DO NOT LOOK BACK!<\/h6>\n
Press on towards Him…He is our present and our\u00a0future…<\/h6>\n
There is nothing back there for you. Keep looking Up. Keep looking forward. That is where you will find joy with renewed strength. That is where you\u2019ll find safety and great reward. Keep your eyes on Jesus all the way home!!<\/h6>\n

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–Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill February 21, 2017<\/h6>\n
Remember Lot\u2019s Wife Don’t Look Back<\/u><\/strong><\/h6>\n

Was she a righteous woman…
\nWho stood in the\u00a0shadow of her man…
\nIs there but ten who will follow
\nThe God of Abraham….<\/p>\n

Green pastures rich and flourishing
\nPeace and rest is found…
\nBut in the city-of-sin, her heart was hardened and bound…<\/p>\n

Angels came to deliver them…
\nBut she; apprehensive to leave,
\nFor this was her life
\nThis is all that she believed…<\/p>\n

Come away from here make haste;
\nThis place is destined for fire…
\nTake your family; flee\u2026<\/p>\n

Death is imminent; have no desire
\nTo stay within this place
\nJudgment has come
\nThere will be no saving grace…<\/p>\n

Taking flight, they hurry
\nRunning through the night…
\nBut the woman full of regret
\nLeaving all behind, memories of her past
\nTurns not heeding will this be her last\u2026<\/p>\n

Shutting out God\u2019s word His messengers she spurned
\nWanting her country, wanting only to return\u2026
\n\u201cDo not look back.\u201d This was God\u2019s command\u2026<\/p>\n

Just one look, that’s all it took…
\nHer breath and life in that moment, forsook
\nAs she turns to take one final look…<\/p>\n

A Pillar of salt now stands\u2026<\/p>\n

Stone cold, lifeless…
\nDeath from disobedience\u2026
\nOh, please,\u00a0learn this lesson from the Holy Book…<\/p>\n

Remember Lot\u2019s wife, you women of worth\u2026
\nLooking back only turns to regret and hurt\u2026
\nPut away your idols, your past is gone\u2026never look back\u2026
\nKeep forging on…<\/p>\n

Live in the now…
\nHeart rich and free\u2026
\nFor God has given His love to thee!
\nWhen he says go\u2026don\u2019t look back, just flee!<\/p>\n

By: Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill October 26, 2015\u00a9
\nGenesis 19:15-26; Luke 17:29-33<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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