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DAY 32: Lot Rescued
DAY 32: Lot Rescued
Bible Plan Reading: Genesis 19:15-29; 2 Peter 2:6-9
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5-Year Braided Chronological Bible Reading Plan Devotional Available on Amazon
PrayerScripts 5-Year Bible Reading Plan
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Sometimes mercy has to pull you away from what you are too slow to leave. You may know something is dangerous, but still hesitate because it feels familiar, comfortable, or connected to people you love.
At dawn, the angels urge Lot to take his wife and daughters and leave Sodom before the city is destroyed. Lot lingers, so the angels grasp their hands and bring them outside because the Lord is merciful to him.
Second Peter 2 says God condemned Sodom and Gomorrah as an example, yet rescued righteous Lot, who was distressed by the lawless deeds around him. Peter uses Lot’s rescue to show that the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and hold the unrighteous for judgment.
God is merciful in action, not only in feeling. The angels take Lot by the hand because the Lord has compassion on Him.
Lot is pulled from judgment by mercy, but Jesus goes into judgment willingly to rescue us. At the cross, He bears the fire of God’s justice against sin so His people can be brought out alive.
Identify one thing God has been telling you to leave. Do not romanticize it.
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REFLECT & RESPOND
Key Line: Mercy may feel severe when it pulls you away from what is destroying you.
Reflection Question: What are you tempted to look back at even though God has called you away from it?
Practice: Take one practical step today that makes returning to a harmful pattern harder.
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PRAYER
God, I admit that I sometimes linger near what You tell me to leave. Thank You for mercy that takes me seriously and pulls me toward life. Help me stop looking back with desire at what harms me.
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By PrayerScriptsDAY 32: Lot Rescued
Bible Plan Reading: Genesis 19:15-29; 2 Peter 2:6-9
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5-Year Braided Chronological Bible Reading Plan Devotional Available on Amazon
PrayerScripts 5-Year Bible Reading Plan
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Sometimes mercy has to pull you away from what you are too slow to leave. You may know something is dangerous, but still hesitate because it feels familiar, comfortable, or connected to people you love.
At dawn, the angels urge Lot to take his wife and daughters and leave Sodom before the city is destroyed. Lot lingers, so the angels grasp their hands and bring them outside because the Lord is merciful to him.
Second Peter 2 says God condemned Sodom and Gomorrah as an example, yet rescued righteous Lot, who was distressed by the lawless deeds around him. Peter uses Lot’s rescue to show that the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and hold the unrighteous for judgment.
God is merciful in action, not only in feeling. The angels take Lot by the hand because the Lord has compassion on Him.
Lot is pulled from judgment by mercy, but Jesus goes into judgment willingly to rescue us. At the cross, He bears the fire of God’s justice against sin so His people can be brought out alive.
Identify one thing God has been telling you to leave. Do not romanticize it.
________________________________________
REFLECT & RESPOND
Key Line: Mercy may feel severe when it pulls you away from what is destroying you.
Reflection Question: What are you tempted to look back at even though God has called you away from it?
Practice: Take one practical step today that makes returning to a harmful pattern harder.
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PRAYER
God, I admit that I sometimes linger near what You tell me to leave. Thank You for mercy that takes me seriously and pulls me toward life. Help me stop looking back with desire at what harms me.