Unbelief and
faithlessness!
Verse for Today: Monday, February 18, 2013
Genesis 19:26 – But Lot’s wife
looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
God’s call is always to go
forward. God pulls us back from wrong ways and puts us on the right track so
that we can go forward. When we are in wrong places, His Spirit will speak to
us about the need to get out. There were ample opportunities for Lot’s family
to get back to Hebron and have fellowship with God and His servant Abraham. But
they refused to get out of Sodom because the wealth and the comfort zones of Sodom
were so compelling and tempting. Still God gave them one last chance to get out
of Sodom and its imminent destruction. God’s angels pulled them out by their
hands and put them on a safe track towards a mountain for refuge. God
instructed them that they should not look back at what God wanted them to leave
behind. But Lot’s wife had her heart tangled in the web of fortunes of Sodom. She
couldn’t take her heart with her as she got out. God was not pleased with such double
minded attitude when her heart was in Sodom while she was physically out. God
wanted her to have faith in Him alone and in what He will be able to provide for
them. Had Lot’s wife ran forward without looking back, the grievous sins of her
daughters would have been avoided. She had to pay the heaviest price for her
unbelief and stark disobedience. She stands as a warning about the consequence
of disobedience and faithlessness. God makes it abundantly clear that without
faith we cannot please Him no matter what else we do. Today He asks us to take
a hard look at the pillars of faithlessness in our lives and become fearful
about the awesomeness of our God and His call for obedience.
Dear reader, are there salt
pillars in your life track which speak loudly about your lack of faith? How
many times have you looked back to the things in this world that you have left
behind by faith? How many times have you forsaken the commandments of the Lord
to leave behind the world and its pleasures, prestige, prominence, possessions
and popularity? As we live in the age of grace, we still have the privilege to
settle matters with our Lord. But we must realize that the opportunities we
have lost are lost forever and will not come back to us again. Still God in His
mercy and benevolence will give us new opportunities if our confession and
repentance are genuine and transparent. Until the door of grace is shut by the
Lord Himself, He will pardon our unbelief and faithlessness. Calvary can still
cover our sins of faithlessness and unbelief and open doors to walk into newer
pathways of faith to please Him. In His infinite mercy, God might still reduce
the heavy price one has to pay for disobedience in the past. If you confess
your faithlessness, He will wash you with His Word and fill you with His Spirit
to enable you to walk the royal mile of the King of your life. Let us take a
hard look at all the salt pillars of our lives and ask the Lord to dismantle it
in His infinite grace and give us newer tracks of faith. He wants us to confess
to Him that His is the only track of true blessing, lasting peace and rest.
When we thus follow the path of faith, our Lord will go before us and meet all
our needs. He will give us the strength to climb the mountains, as in the case
of Caleb, and establish towers of faith and trust in our lives for others as signboards
to guide them on the forward path.
Hebrews 12:2 – Let us fix our
eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith.
Thought for Today
If we fix our eyes and hearts on Jesus, we would be able to overcome
the temptation to look back or retract.
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