Remember Lot's wife.

Luke 17:32-33 Remember Lot's wife.

Do you remember what happened to the wife of Lot? When the family of Lot were escaping from Sodom, they were told by the angels of God that they were not to look back. Lot’s wife disobeyed, and was turned into a pillar of salt.

When our God (and loving heavenly Father) gives us an instruction, it is for our benefit, and by obeying that instruction, we are showing our love for God. John 14:23. What our Lord expects is our love shown by our actions. Our God has shown how much He loves us by what He did at Calvary and our response has to be our obedience to every commandment He has given us.

Now consider the circumstances when our text was spoken. Our Lord had been telling the Pharisees that the destruction of Jerusalem as predicted in Daniel 11:45, was going to happen, and at that time it will be just like Sodom and Gomorrah, where people were eating and sleeping and getting married. He said they were to drop everything and flee instantly, and they were not to hesitate and look back, because that is what Lots wife did.

Our Lord went on to say if we want to save our life we will lose it. If we want to hang on to our sinful past life, then we will lose our new life with God. If we give our lives as sacrifices to God, then we will get a new life and the will of God for us will be revealed. Let us not look back with eyes of longing to our sinful past, but instead keep our eyes on the cross.

Prayer: Thank you loving Heavenly Father for reminding us again about not looking back, that your will be done, your kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.