I remember when I was a child our family would have a traditional saying after we blessed our food. Back then I was taught this one little phrase, “Memberlockswife.” At the time that’s just how I would say it, not truly understanding what I was saying. But it was a family ritual, so it became a part of my mealtime prayer. It was not until I was much older that I realized that what my grandmother and mother were saying was, “Remember Lot’s Wife.” The relevance of salt at the dinner table was used to instill a principle in my life. This Old Testament Story is found in Genesis 19. God tired of the evil of Sodom and Gomorrah and decided to destroy it and all it’s inhabitants. Obviously this was a pretty evil and corrupt place. One which was so void of spiritual life that God set out to destroy it. But because of his love for Abraham, the Lord allowed Lot and his family to escape this judgment and flee to safety. His only request was that they not look back, but go straight to their destination. All of Lot’s family fled and followed the Lord’s instructions, except for Lot’s wife.
In Luke 17: 32-33, Jesus speaks of the last days and takes the time to call to remembrance Lot’s wife. She loved her life so much that she turned back to it on her way to a greater destiny. There at that very instant she was turned into a pillar of salt which has become a memorial for all of those who cherish their past lives. Jesus said, “Remember Lot’s wife! Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.” This was not the only time that the call to a divine destiny was overshadowed by the desire for the familiarity of the past. Israel also went through moments where they complained about their present state. In their complaining they glorified their days of bondage. In Numbers 20:5, they asked Moses, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to this terrible place?” Even though they are now free, some would have preferred the bondage of Egypt. They would have traded walking freely in blind faith, to being enslaved by the Egyptians who hated them and tried to destroy them.
We also have those times where our past lives seem more attractive than pressing through the call God has on our lives. This call is no joke, it is serious! You will have wilderness moments where you have to trust God to see you through. At times you may hear the enemy’s whispers of, “Wasn’t it easier when you just did what you wanted?” But when you’re honest with yourself, the answer is NO! How can slavery have ever been better? As a slave you work for the gain of others who don’t have your interest at heart. But as a free child of God, you are promised an inheritance and a protection like no other. Too many times we forget what being a slave who was in bondage to sin actually felt like. We recreate a glorified picture of that past life. But remember the helplessness and hopelessness of those times when you had no direction and no peace of mind. Do you truly want to go back to that life? Do you want to turn around and go your own way and experience the loss of fellowship and the loss of protection from the Savior?
Have you had moments when your “Egypt” looked more attractive than the future promises of God? Don’t get so frustrated in the wilderness moments that you turn around. Don’t allow the enemy to deceive you into returning to bondage. It is in our pressing that we see the promise. All God has for you is ahead of you! Just continue taking the steps towards your destiny today.
Scriptures for Meditation:
Luke 9:62 Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
Galatians 5: 1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
2 Peter 2: 20-22
If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning. 21 It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them. 22 Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”
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