Seek the Lord, and Do Not Look Back
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bible Verses~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Luke 17:30 It will be in the same way on the day in which the
Son of Man is revealed. (31) In that day, he who will be on the
housetop and his goods in the house, let him not come down to
take them away; and he who is in the field, likewise, let him
not turn back to the things behind. (32) Remember Lot's wife.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Words of Ministry~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In verse 32 the Lord says, "Remember Lot's wife." Lot's wife
became a pillar of salt because she took a lingering, backward
look at Sodom. That look indicated that she loved and treasured
the evil world which God was about to judge and utterly
destroy. She was rescued from Sodom, but she did not reach the
safe place that Lot reached (Gen. 19:15-30). She did not
perish; neither was she fully saved. Like the salt which
becomes tasteless (Luke 14:34-35), she was left in a place of
suffering shame. This is a solemn warning to world-loving
believers.
Lot's wife was rescued from Sodom by angels, but her heart was
still in that evil city. When the angels had brought forth Lot
and his wife, they said, "Escape for thy life; look not behind
thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the
mountain, lest thou be consumed" (Gen. 19:17). Lot and his wife
were charged to go forward and not look back. Sodom was
altogether under God's condemnation and was about to be
consumed, and they should forget it. However, unable to forget
the city of Sodom, Lot's wife had a lingering look backward at
the city, and immediately she became a pillar of salt: "But his
wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of
salt" (Gen. 19:26). What a shame!
If we love the Lord and are warned by the case of Lot's wife,
we shall not care for material things or set our hearts on
them. Instead of preserving our soul by loving material things,
we shall be filled up with Christ as the heavenly air. Then we
shall rise in rapture.
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(c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from
the Recovery Version of the Bible (RcV) and Words of Ministry,
from Watchman Nee, Messages for Building Up New Believers, pp.
336-337. Both are published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim,
CA. (Repeat 3/1/02)
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