Mon.’s Devo - The Destruction of Sodom

Read: Genesis 18:16-19:38; Matthew 6:25-7:14; Psalm 8:1-9; Proverbs 2:6-15 Abraham had fed the three angels and as they rose to leave they looked toward Sodom. The Lord decided to tell Abraham what they were going to do since Abraham would one day become a great nation. The outcry of sin had risen to heaven and they had been sent to see how bad it was. Abraham knew what they would find so he started bargaining with the Lord. *** Would he destroy it if he found 50 righteous? 45? 40? 30? 20? 10. Surely there were 10 righteous. The Lord sent the other two angels down to see. They met Lot at the gate and he begged them to come stay with him. He knew it was not safe to stay in the square and he recognized them as angels. *** The wicked men of Sodom just saw them as men and came to Lot’s house to have sex with them. Lot offered his virgin daughters to the men but the angles saved Lot and brought him into the house. They struck the men with blindness and they couldn’t find the door. *** Early the next morning, the angels told Lot to hurry and take anyone in his family and flee the city because they were going to destroy it. They were not to look back. The only ones Lot could convince to come were his wife and two daughters. His wife looked back when it was being destroyed and was turned into a pillar of salt. Lot escaped with his two daughters. Lot had begged to go to a city named Soar which means “insignificant”. But, Lot ended up living in the mountains of Zoar with his two daughters in a cave. *** His two daughters were afraid they would never marry so they made their father drunk and slept with him. They both got pregnant and had sons. The first born called her son Moab and he became father of the Moabites. The second daughter had a son and named him Ben-Ammi. He became the father of the Ammonites. *** Jesus’ words of comfort have been my go-to when I feel overwhelmed. “Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, yet your heavenly father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?” “But seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.” In other words, ‘Don’t worry about anything!’ *** Jesus went on to warn us not to judge or we will be judged the same way. He told us to ask him for everything, seek for what we want to know and knock on his door for the answers. He will surely give us what we need, help us find knowledge and wisdom and open the door to his kingdom if we knock. He will help us find the way to life. *** Lord, thank you for your Word. It is the way to life. May we ask, seek and knock on your door for you are generous and give good things.