“…Don’t Look Back…”

“As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, “Flee for your lives!

Don’t look back, and don’t stop anywhere in the plain!

Flee to the mountains or you will be swept away!”

Genesis 19:17

The command from the angels to Lot as they brought him, his wife and their two daughters out of the city of Sodom was clear:

 “…Don’t look back…”

We are told that the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were so wicked that God destroyed them for their wickedness.

 Lot, Abraham’s nephew, lived in Sodom.

There is some speculation among theologians that Lot was a leader, or at least, held a position of influence in that city.

However, as they were being rescued Lot received the clear command for him and his family – don’t look back! Lot’s “recent past” was about to be destroyed (so to speak).

The temptation and perhaps the pull from that past proved too great for Lot’s wife and when she looked back, we are told, “…she became a pillar of salt…”

Our past can sometimes be very appealing to us.

The traditions, the familiarity, the routines of life become our stability.

It can become easier to place a greater trust in the knowledge of our past than in the faith required, in God, for our future.

In our minds, the sure thing – our past – beats out the unsure thing – our future.

But any mind, dwelling on the past, pre-occupied with it, looking back to it, is not a mind surrendered to God.

Listen to the admonition to each of us given in Isaiah 26:3:

“You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.”

Concerning your past and your future – I pray you have that perfect peace that comes from a steadfast mind which has learned to trust God.

Trust Him with your past and let go of it.

Trust Him with your future and walk into it with Him!