SINCERE MILK
TUESDAY JULY 7, 2020
TOPIC: LINGERING IS DANGEROUS
BIBLE TEXT: GENESIS 19:15-17
Key Verse: "And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city" (Genesis 19:16).
One day, there was a fire outbreak in a five-storey building. A husband woke up his wife and she immediately started packing her costly clothes. The eldest son quickly carried his younger sister and brother to safety. The father, eldest son and two other children escaped, but his wife did not make it. She wanted to carry her gold, lace fabrics and other valuable things.
The same thing happened when angels went to Sodom to rescue Lot and his family. They all lingered but the angels held their hands to rescue them from doom that was to fall upon the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. Lot's wife escaped initially, but seemed not to forget her earthly belongings. On looking back, she became a pillar of salt.
Are you still doing bad things despite God's continued warnings through His word, your teachers and parents, that you should repent? Why are you still in the company of bad boys and girls? Delay is dangerous. Jesus will soon come. Do not look away from the things of God. You may be consumed like Lot's wife. Everything in this world will pass away but those who do God's will shall abide forever. You must follow Jesus till the end.
Prayer: Dear Lord, deliver me from every lingering spirit.
Further Reading: Revelation 18:4, 5