When I googled the definition of hesitation it can back with, “The action of pausing or hesitating before saying or doing something.”
In verse 16 Lot was hesitant in leaving. The two angels had to physically grab Lot, his wife, and two daughters to get them moving. I wondered why he would have been hesitant. Was it because they were leaving the two fiancés behind? Or maybe because they were leaving all their possessions? Either way, the Lord was merciful to them and He remembered Abraham’s concerns. The ten righteous people required to save Sodom had now been reduced to four.
When the angels had brought them out of Sodom, one of them said, “Flee for your lives! Don’t look back, and don’t stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains or you will be swept away!”
In verse 26 we read about Lot’s wife looking back and becoming a pillar of salt; the result of her disobedience in hesitating. This punishment seems a little severe, but she did disobey the angels previous command.
This reminded me that the wages of our sin is death. Deliverance is due to divine mercy, not to human righteousness. Thankfully we have Jesus who died on the cross to pay for our sins. If our salvation was left up to us, we’d all become as Lot’s wife.
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I think we are always hesitant to leave the familiar and our comfort zone which is maybe why Lot was reluctant to leave for the unknown. I also thought it was interesting to note that Lot seemed to become like the people that surrounded him. Why else would he offer his own daughters instead of strangers?? Also his daughters as well seemed to adopt the culture where they had been raised by getting their father drunk and then sleeping with him. We need to be mindful of the company we keep because their habits and lifestyle may become ours as well.
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“Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do what you like with them. But don’t do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.” Genesis 19:8 NIV
Every time I read this verse my heart sinks. The thought of giving my two daughters to a group of men to do whatever they want is so sad. But in thinking about this, it reminded me of Abraham who offered his son Isaac as a sacrifice to the Lord. In Isaac’s situation as in the situation of Lot’s daughters, all the children were spared.
Then I got to wondering, perhaps Lot knew these were angels of the Lord and that Lot was willing to put God ahead of everything in his life, including his two daughters. Perhaps my heart should sink not because of Lot’s actions and his submission to God, but that I don’t think that I would be so willing to do the same.
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