Walk this way!

I'm reading this new book, "Bad Girls of the Bible" and at first it was just the title that drew me to it cause it seemed kinda scandalous (ok forgive me for being human!). Well, I can't believe how much I can relate to what the author wrote about these girls. I don't mean in like a "bad girl" sense, but just what we can learn from them.

The first girl mentioned was of course Eve, which I knew all about, but the second one I read tonight and it was Lot's wife, which I wasn't real familiar with. You know, she's the woman who turned to salt. It's weird because the Bible doesn't tell what she's like or even records anything that she ever said. The Lord sent an angel to find 10 people in Sodom who were worth saving because Abram asked God to save them. So, the angels pretty much force Lot and his wife and daughters out of Sodom before God burns the town down. Well, while they're heading out of the town, the angels tell them - don't stop and don't look back! For whatever reason, Lot's wife looks back and is turned into a pillar of salt. The author writes about 10 speculations about why she looks back such as - she heard something and turned to see what it was, she didn't believe it was really gonna happen, she was so attached to her possessions that she couldn't bear to see them be burned...but for whatever reason, she still disobeyed and turned around.

I think about my own life and how many times I am on the brink of freedom and getting things right with God and He clearly tells me not to do something, but I do it anyways. Do I not believe in his word or do I not trust that he knows what's best for me? Why does God not do the same thing to me that He did to Lot's wife, b/c I sure know I deserve it just as much as she did.

I know why, because Jesus takes the wrath for my sin. When I turn around, he's standing right there in front of me blocking me from the heat of the flames and turning me back in the other direction towards safety. What an awesome savior!

One of the coolest things I've learned at New City this year is that the Old testament is all about Jesus. In Luke 17:30-32 reminds us that Jesus is coming when we least expect him. So, don't go back in your house to get your things , drop everything and go and Remember Lot's wife!

"The Lord's message, then and now, is the same one the angels delivered: "Don't look back. Take my hand and walk with me to safety."