Genesis 19:26 – But Lot’s wife looked back as she was following behind him, and she turned into a pillar of salt. 

Judgement was coming to Sodom and Gomorrah!
God had mercy on Lot and his family. He sent warnings for them to escape before the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah hit.
As you read this, I ask:

WHAT WARNINGS IS GOD SENDING TO YOU, TO YOUR FAMILY, TO THE
COMMUNITY YOU LIVE IN AND EVEN YOUR CHURCH TO ESCAPE THIS BROKEN WORLD?

He is sending warnings, but are we hearing them or ignoring them? God was so merciful that he sent angels to warn Lot and his family, and still, they had to be rescued by force to leave and with specific instructions.

What warnings and instructions has God sent your way?
Or can I ask? Are you banking on the same mercy that was given to Lot and his family because they still hesitated on what was about to happen.

Genesis 19:16 – When Lot still hesitated, the angels seized his hand and the hand of his wife and two daughters and rushed them to safety outside the city, for the Lord was merciful.

Their Instructions were: ESCAPE, RUN, DON’T LOOK BACK OR STOP!

Genesis 19:17 - When they were safely out of the city, one of the angels ordered, “Run for your lives! And don’t look back or stop anywhere in the valley! Escape to the mountains, or you will be swept away!

If, as I am giving this message, you begin to think or wonder what the instructions are for you,
your family, your community, and / or the church, I want to tell you:

REMEMBER LOT’S WIFE!!

Luke 17:32-33 – 32) Remember what happened to Lot’s wife. 33) If you cling to your life, you will lose it, and if you let your life go, you will save it.

We know the story, we know what happened to Lot’s wife?

She suffered an INSTANT death! Why?

1. She was disobedient after being given direct. and specific instructions.
2. She was rebellious.
3. She didn’t trust, she doubted, and she didn’t believe the warnings of what was to
come.
4. She longed for and desired for what she was leaving behind, and what did she do:

SHE LOOKED BACK AND TURNED INTO A PILLAR OF SALT.

Salt is a double-edged sword.

It can be used to preserve and enhance taste, but too much can destroy. Lot’s wife paid the
consequence for her looking back.

Is there something God is telling you not to look back on? Do you see that if there is and you ignore the warnings and look back, it could cost you more than you wanted to or thought you’d have to pay. Lot’s wife paid with her life.

You see, she chose death when God offered her far more than what she stopped to look
back at because she thought she wanted what she left behind more.

Delaying, lingering in the things of the world, we are doing the very same thing as Lot’s wife.

I ask you: Are you ready to pay the price for a moment to look back at something that
God is trying to rescue you from?

It’s not easy! It’s not easy because maybe you’re like me and say I’m just used to that way
of living, but I come to tell you that you’re not that person anymore. For me, God has been trying to tell me that for so long because I keep looking back to the woman I used to be. I keep looking back, trying to do things the way I used to all because I feel God isn’t moving fast enough. Who am I to tell God he isn’t moving fast enough when He has been present in my life through the hardest moments trying to move me away from who I was to who he is calling me to be. To be truly transparent, I sat in my living room in tears reading:

2 Corinthians 5:17- This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! 

My new life has begun! I don’t need to look back at what was! Because God has the promises, he
gave me and more ahead of me. AS I write this I want you to know: YOUR NEW LIFE HAS BEGUN!

REMEMBER LOT’S WIFE!!
DON’T LOOK BACK!

Lot’s wife was given the escape plan to be spared of the destruction that was to come. All I could
think of was: Why wasn’t what God had for Lot’s wife good enough?

Then…then… I could hear over and over was: WHY ISN’T WHAT GOD HAS GOOD ENOUGH
FOR YOU MELISSA? So as I sat and wrote this, I began asking God to forgive me because I know what he has for me is more than good enough and far more than I deserve! I’m walking forward to what God has for me despite what lies behind me.

I challenge each and every one of you reading this blog to REMEMBER LOTS WIFE! Let go and don’t look back! That life you leave behind isn’t for you anymore! Run towards what God has for you! Don’t stop to look back at the lie that the enemy is trying to get you to go back to. He wants you to believe that what you leave behind is better than what God has for you. It’s a lie! Keep going, look forward, and Chase after God.