Thursday June 22nd, 2023
« Remember what happened to Lot’s wife! »
1 I don’t want you to forget, dear brothers and sisters, about our ancestors in the wilderness long ago. All of them were guided by a cloud that moved ahead of them, and all of them walked through the sea on dry ground.
2 In the cloud and in the sea, all of them were baptized as followers of Moses.
3 All of them ate the same spiritual food,
4 and all of them drank the same spiritual water. For they drank from the spiritual rock that traveled with them, and that rock was Christ.
5 Yet God was not pleased with most of them, and their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.
6 These things happened as a warning to us, so that we would not crave evil things as they did,
7 or worship idols as some of them did. As the Scriptures say, “The people celebrated with feasting and drinking, and they indulged in pagan revelry.”
8 And we must not engage in sexual immorality as some of them did, causing 23,000 of them to die in one day.
9 Nor should we put Christ to the test, as some of them did and then died from snakebites.
10 And don’t grumble as some of them did, and then were destroyed by the angel of death.
11 These things happened to them as examples for us. They were written down to warn us who live at the end of the age.
It is popularly said that experience is the best teacher.
There are two ways to learn from experience either personally or through that of others.
I prefer to learn from the experience of others because learning from mine can be painful.
In Luke 17:32, Jesus told us to remember Lots wife.
In other words, He said we should learn from her experience.
When I was a little boy, I used to see my elder brother as a very strong man. He was muscular and could carry heavy things. One day, he offended our father and he beat that brother of mine so much that he shed tears like a baby. On seeing that, I determined that I would never do anything to offend my father because I didn’t want to get flogged by him.
Samuel learnt from Eli.
He knew it was because the children of Eli were tampering with the offering and polluting the house of God that they were rejected. Hence, throughout his life and with the help of his children, he never polluted the altar of God. In 1 Samuel 12:3-4 NKJV, he said:
« 3 Here I am. Witness against me before the Lord and before His anointed: Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I received any bribe with which to blind my eyes? I will restore it to you.” 4 And they (the children of Israel said, “You have not cheated us or oppressed us, nor have you taken anything from any man’s hand. »
Many Christians would be living better lives today if only they learnt from the experience of the Bible Characters they read of.
- Have you learnt from Samson that fornication can turn a mighty man to a piece of bread (Proverbs 6:26)?
- Have you learnt from Gehazi that the love of money can only bring everlasting shame?
- Have you learnt from Ananias and Sapphira that lying to the Holy Spirit is suicidal
- Have you learnt from Judas Iscariot that secret sin will lead to public disgrace?
Is there anything you are doing now that has led to the destruction of someone in the past?
For your own good, desist from such and seek Gods face for forgiveness while you still have the opportunity to do so.
Prayer point: Father, please help me never to offend You, in the mighty name of Jesus.
Author: Bishop Enoch. A. Adeboye.
Edited by Naomie
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