January 6, Gen 19-21

So much of today's reading is difficult. The following passages are what jumped out at me:

Lot was dragging his feet. The men grabbed Lot's arm, and the arms of his wife and daughters—God was so merciful to them!—and dragged them to safety outside the city. When they had them outside, Lot was told, "Now run for your life! Don't look back! Don't stop anywhere on the plain—run for the hills or you'll be swept away."

How often do I drag my feet when I have heard from the Lord. Lot also wanted to go somewhere other than where the Lord instructed him to go. How often to I deviate from the Lord's plan for me?

Verse 26: But Lot's wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt.

How often have I looked back instead of pressing forward to the goal with my eyes on Jesus?

Gen 20: 1-2 Abraham traveled from there south to the Negev and settled down between Kadesh and Shur. While he was camping in Gerar, Abraham said of his wife Sarah, "She's my sister."

Again with the sister??? Abraham knew God so intimately and yet he was scared and lied again. I don't lie but I can do other foolish things.

Gen 21: 1God visited Sarah exactly as he said he would; God did to Sarah what he promised:

God did exactly what He said He would and He always does.

Verse 33-34: Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and worshiped God there, praying to the Eternal God.

Abraham certainly knew Who to pray to - the Eternal God...