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Responding To God's Grace

God is Faithful

Live in the light of God (Isaiah 2:5) 

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Genesis 19:15-25 The Message

15 At break of day, the angels pushed Lot to get going, “Hurry. Get your wife and two daughters out of here before it’s too late and you’re caught in the punishment of the city.”
16-17 Lot was dragging his feet. The men grabbed Lot’s arm, and the arms of his wife and daughters—God was so merciful to them!—and dragged them to safety outside the city. When they had them outside, Lot was told, “Now run for your life! Don’t look back! Don’t stop anywhere on the plain—run for the hills or you’ll be swept away.”
18-20 But Lot protested, “No, masters, you can’t mean it! I know that you’ve taken a liking to me and have done me an immense favor in saving my life, but I can’t run for the mountains—who knows what terrible thing might happen to me in the mountains and leave me for dead. Look over there—that town is close enough to get to. It’s a small town, hardly anything to it. Let me escape there and save my life—it’s a mere wide place in the road.”
21-22 “All right, Lot. If you insist. I’ll let you have your way. And I won’t stamp out the town you’ve spotted. But hurry up. Run for it! I can’t do anything until you get there.” That’s why the town was called Zoar, that is, Smalltown.
23 The sun was high in the sky when Lot arrived at Zoar.
24-25 Then God rained brimstone and fire down on Sodom and Gomorrah—a river of lava from God out of the sky!—and destroyed these cities and the entire plain and everyone who lived in the cities and everything that grew from the ground.

For Reflection

How many times when you survived a near-death experience or got a lucky break, did you remark, "Thank God we survived." We hardly ever have a second thought about those who may have been less fortunate. But, many survivors of tragedy are haunted by the question, Why did I survive?"

The people at the time of this scripture justified the death and destruction of Sodom as divine punishment. As a descendant of Abraham and Sarah, Lot and his family were protected by the covenant God made with Abraham.

Pray

Thank God, for the gift of Grace that was confirmed by the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. Pray and contemplate your God's saving grace and renew your trust in your covenantal relationship with God through Christ.


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