Lot's Wife (Genesis 19 and Luke 17:32-33)

I’m going to try very hard not to make that slip up! The truth is, however, that we all slip up. Maybe it’s our words, maybe it’s our actions.. it might even be something we think. This is a verse many of you may know: Romans 3:23. It says, “for all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.” Notice it doesn’t say some have fallen short, or only 10th graders fall short.. it says ALL. Moms, dads, brothers, sisters, teachers, your best friend.. even Lindsay and I. We have all fallen short… we have all sinned. Eeekkk.. we are in big trouble.. but then again why do you think the gospel is called the “Good News” praise the Lord!

Remember last week when we talked about Potipher’s wife and her revenge on Joseph? She just couldn’t let it go that he didn’t want to have anything to do with her. So, she plotted, conspired and schemed. She just couldn’t let it go. She continued to sin to cover up her sin.

Have you ever had a sin that you just couldn’t shake? Gossip (ouch), talking back to your parents (eeekkk), lying to a friend (ooooohhhh), having bad thoughts about that girl who likes the guy you like (okay, okay.. stop it Ashley! We get it.) What about an event in the past that you can’t let go of.. a break up? Something within your family? I think we can learn a lot from the next Bad Girl of the Bible, even though she is only mentioned twice in scripture and like Potipher’s wife, has no name. Tonight we are going to talk about Lot’s wife.

Genesis 19 gives an account of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.

What are we looking back at? Maybe there is something in your past that you are looking back at. I don’t know what it is for many of you but for me it’s definitely my past. There are things in my past that I am not proud of. Things I did, things I said, relationships I was in.. but thank the Lord for his mercy and grace. Thank goodness that He can take those things in my past and use them for His glory. He continues to show me daily how he wants to use me. I’ve been called by God to be “set apart” and I have never followed this call. It’s a tough place to be. It’s a tough calling to follow. This mean that some of the things that the world sees as “normal” and things that are totally legal- are just things that I don’t do. (I should remind you that this isn’t something I have followed very closely but I am trying each day to work harder to become that person that God is calling me to be.)

Anyway, I say all that to say that I want you girls to spend some time in prayer. Spend some time thinking about the things that you need to let go of. Take some time to think about the things that you need to work towards. God is always calling us to give something up for him and replace it with more of him. What is he calling you to give up and what is he calling you to replace it with. For me- it’s the past and it’s this “set apartness” that I know he wants me to dwell in.

Oh, and can I borrow your calculator? xox